Land topography is usually formed gradually over long periods of time, but sometimes a single event can dramatically change ...

The temblor happened at 9:19 p.m. Japan time about 7 miles ... U.S.G.S. scientists to update the shake-severity map. An aftershock is usually a smaller earthquake that follows a larger one in ...

Geologists don't have a crystal ball that can foresee future earthquakes, but seismic specialists in the Japanese government believe that the odds of a big one are creeping upwards. According to Japan ...

What created the Noto Peninsula landscape we know today? After examining the devastation from the 2024 Noto Peninsula ...

Two of Japan's nuclear power plants were rattled on Monday when a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck southwest Japan, prompting a tsunami advisory for parts of the region. This map shows the ...

A record-breaking deep earthquake registered in May 2015 offshore of Japan likely was not a tectonic event but triggered by a ...

Japan is frequently hit by earthquakes due to its location along the "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin. Experts at the meteorological agency met late Monday ...

Government panel reveals more than 80 per cent probability of massive earthquake along Nankai Trough, an 800km-long undersea trench near Japan’s Pacific coast ...

Experts have cautioned that while small tremors help release some energy, they don’t eliminate the risk of a major quake.

Japan is frequently hit by earthquakes because of its location along the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin. NHK TV footage showed moving traffic and well ...

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