Tsunami

Tsunami waves arrive in Japan after 7.8 quake off Philippines

An official from the Japan Meteorological Agency's Earthquake and Tsunami Countermeasures Planning Office issues a tsunami warning in response to an offshore earthquake that struck southern Phlippines.

Sabah residents told to avoid shoreline after Mindanao quake triggers tsunami warning

Tsunami advisory sirens were activated in four affected districts in Sabah.

‘We were very close to death’: Jet Li says in memoir that Maldives tsunami nearly killed his family

Martial arts star Jet Li (right) with his daughters Jane (left) and Jada on the Tamron Hall Show.

Tokyo travel agency offers hands-on evacuation shelter experience

The program is built around daily activities, with options including assembling a portable toilet and discussing necessary emergency stockpiles.

Nankai Trough earthquake: Not all evacuation towers in Japan ready for major tsunami

The defunct Shirahama district 1 evacuation tower in Toyo, Kochi Prefecture.

Up to 18,000 could die in major Tokyo quake, mostly from fires: Government panel

The Japanese government sees a roughly 70 per cent chance of a magnitude 7 quake occurring beneath the metropolis within the next 30 years.

Almost 200,000 could die in major tsunami after ‘maximum-class’ quake: Japan authorities

A tsunami warning flashes over live footage of a waterfront area, on a television screen in Sapporo, in Japan’s northern Hokkaido prefecture on Dec 9, 2025.

51 hurt in Japan quake as warning persists

The quake, late on Dec 8 off the coast of the northern region of Aomori, shook buildings, tore apart roads, smashed windows and triggered tsunami waves.

Japan lifts tsunami warnings after 7.5-magnitude earthquake

A vehicle is seen on a collapsed road in Tohoku town in Aomori Prefecture, on Dec 9.

Japan earthquake: 23 injured, tsunami warning lifted following 7.6-magnitude temblor

A house burns after a powerful earthquake in Aomori, north-eastern Japan, early Dec 9.

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