The most recent risk assessment, outlined in maps published by the California Geological Survey, illustrate the devastation possible from extreme-but-realistic scenarios.

There have been five devastating tsunamis in the state since the 1700s, but none quite match up to the destruction caused by ...

His photographs are a stark reminder of one of the worst tsunamis in recorded history. On this anniversary, Japan is slowly rebuilding, and an optimistic feeling of permanence has started to take hold ...

Scientists warn seismic energy accumulating under the Chishima Trench off Hokkaido has the potential to trigger a magnitude-8 ...

On March 11, 2011, a major earthquake and a subsequent tsunami caused the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan. In 2004, ...

The March 11 earthquake and tsunami left more than 28,000 dead or missing. See incredible footage of the tsunami swamping cities and turning buildings into rubble. All across northern Japan they ...

People across Japan are remembering the lives lost 14 years ago when an unprecedented disaster struck on March 11, 2011. The ...

The earthquake that hit the northern coast of Japan on March 11, 2011 was recorded at magnitude 9.0—the worst ever recorded in Japan. It generated an unprecedented tsunami, obliterating coastal ...

Firefighters were Tuesday battling Japan's worst wildfire in half a century, which has left one dead and forced the ...