Aftershocks have been recorded for both earthquakes. On Dec. 8, Japanese authorities warned an even more powerful earthquake could strike within the next week and called on residents from the northernmost island of Hokkaido down to Chiba prefecture, east of Tokyo, to be on high alert.

There were no immediate reports of major damage, but the state transportation department said it would survey roads, bridges and other infrastructure.

An enormous earthquake has rattled the North American continent, with tremors being felt across the US-Canada border.

Thanksgiving got off to a shaky start in south-central Alaska as a 6.0-magnitude earthquake rattled the region on Thursday morning.Video from Anchorage resident Vicki Heinrich shows the quake violently shaking flowers and furnishings inside her home.

Two major earthquakes struck Alaska and Japan recently. Is this is a statistically normal scenario or a cause for alarm? Travellers to Japan should re

Yukoners felt what turned out to be a couple of earthquakes over the weekend. The first on Saturday afternoon near the Yukon-Alaska border. Earthquakes Canada registered the event as a 7.0 magnitude earthquake and on Sunday,

Meteorologist Amandeep Purewal reports on a major 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck the Yukon, near the Alaska border.

A tsunami alert was triggered after a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of northern Japan on Monday, the country's meteorological agency said.