In the aftermath of the devastating Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995, collapsed buildings blocked rescue efforts and ...

A re-examination of the 2015 Bonin Islands earthquake disproved earlier claims of a record-breaking deep aftershock in the ...

The magnitude 7.9 Bonin Islands earthquake sequence, which ruptured deep within the earth near the base of the upper mantle, did not include an aftershock that extended to record depths into the lower ...

The Tragedies of Mudan and Ryukyu,” a seven-years-in-the-making documentary exploring a pivotal 1870s incident that reshaped ...

A post shared on social media purportedly shows a video of a recent earthquake that hit Tibet. Facebook/Screenshot Verdict: False The video is from 2024 in Japan. Fact Check: Firefighters in Los ...

Perhaps incredibly, some experts are putting their money on the Ring of Fire – predicting that, eventually, the Pacific Ocean ...

More than 5,400 people died in Japan over the past 30 years due to severe stress and exhaustion caused by evacuation ...

The new threat level issued by Japan’s Earthquake Research Committee is similar to estimates published in the journal ...

Welcome to January 17, a day that has witnessed remarkable events throughout history, shaping the course of nations and ...

On Jan. 17, 1995, a powerful earthquake rocked Kobe, Japan, and the surrounding area, killing about 5,500 people.

The western Japan city of Kobe and nearby areas on Friday marked the 30th anniversary of the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that ...