Jan. 26, 2025, marks 325 years since the last great earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone. It’s a time to reflect on ...

Oregon scientists are hoping to help the coastal communities survive a major inundation in various ways. One of those is ...

A lurch in the Earth’s tectonic plates can wreak havoc at any time – as we’ve just seen in Vanuatu. How do scientists measure ...

Ethiopia's Afar and Oromia regions have been hit by several earthquakes and tremors since the beginning of 2025. The ...

U.S. Army aviators and Japanese troops are participating in Nankai Rescue, a U.S.-Japan disaster drill that kicked off Monday ...

Japan's nuclear plants faced global scrutiny after the devastating 2011 tsunami triggered by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake.

A 6.6-magnitude earthquake has rattled the island of Kyushu in southwestern Japan, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said Monday. The EMSC said that the quake was at a depth of 37 ...

A strong, 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of southern Japan on Monday, according to the United States ...

As seismologists review available data, they often revise the earthquake's reported magnitude and update shake-severity maps. The location of Friday’s earthquake recalled one of the biggest ...

International tourism to Japan has exploded in recent years, and while the official figure for 2024 is yet to be released it is now certain to be a new record in excess of the 31.9 million who ...

A strong 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck on Sunday off the coast of El Salvador, shaking residences in many parts of the country but there was no risk of a tsunami, the country's environment ...

BEIJING (AP) — A strong earthquake shook a high-altitude region of western China and areas of Nepal on Tuesday, damaging hundreds of houses, littering streets with rubble and killing at least ...