Millions of Americans are under weather warnings or advisories today as the U.S. braces for a new winter storm this week. A ...
Experts warn the same effect could happen here. “If it’s the right place with the right ground conditions, the earth can ...
Dating key tectonic events in Japan's geological history has long been often challenging due to poor microfossil preservation ...
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 ...
A "megaquake" hitting Japan in the next 30 years could trigger 100-foot tsunamis and kill hundreds of thousands of people.
Los Angeles took over as California's top city after San Francisco's 1906 earthquake and fires. What lessons can L.A. learn ...
The Earthquake Research Committee said it has increased its estimate of the probability to between 75 and 82 percent from ...
A Japanese government panel said Thursday it has slightly raised its estimated probability of a "megaquake" to up to 82 ...
Rikuzentakata, Japan. March 11, 2011. (Courtesy of Fumiaki Konno) The Tohoku earthquake — the strongest ... have been far worse had the tsunami happened when students were home.
Japan issued a tsunami advisory on Monday after a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the southwest of the country. The public warnings to stay away from coastal areas were later lifted. The agency ...
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 struck the Kyushu region of southern Japan on Monday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Tsunami advisories for waves of a maximum height of 1 ...