A strong earthquake struck southwestern Japan, the U.S. Geological Survey said, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami ...

After a powerful earthquake struck China's remote Tibet region, killing at least 126 people, an old video of houses ...

Said buildings do not meet the current criteria for withstanding earthquakes of intensities registering on the upper end of 6 to 7 on Japan’s seismic scale. The law was further amended in 2013 ...

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

An earthquake preparation event was held on Friday at the British School in Tokyo. After receiving a lecture about earthquake ...

People in Japan commemorated the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, which claimed over 6,400 lives.

Armed with measuring devices, groups of citizens are embracing science to monitor radioactive fallout — and regain control of ...

An earthquake on Jan. 1, 2024 in Japan's north-central region of Noto left more than 240 people dead. Japan has strict construction regulations intended to ensure buildings can withstand strong ...

Japan has strict construction regulations intended to ensure buildings can withstand strong earthquakes, and routinely holds emergency drills to prepare for a major jolt. But the country is ...

A Jan. 7 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows buildings collapsing ... post doesn't show this earthquake. It shows an earthquake that struck western Japan in 2024.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 struck the Kyushu region of southern Japan on Monday (January 13), the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Biden makes pledge at South Carolina ...

But, like California, many older buildings have not been retrofitted ... the biggest shared vulnerabilities in Japan and California. A similar-sized earthquake last year in Taiwan starkly points ...