Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

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

Japan experiences more earthquakes than any country. But its transit system remains remarkably safe. The bullet train, for ...

Nearly 80 percent of municipalities within 30 kilometers of 15 nuclear power plants across Japan have a lower proportion of ...

Under the new plan, for example, the prefectural governments of Toyama, Fukushima and Shimane will send officials to Shizuoka ...

What created the Noto Peninsula landscape we know today? After examining the devastation from the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake, researchers have a theory.

Countries around the world have experienced an uptick in natural disasters and home insurance costs, but each country has ...

Japan faced a massive earthquake, a huge tsunami, and a nuclear meltdown. All things considered, they fared pretty well. Why?

KAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey -- Two years after earthquakes that killed more than 59,000 people in Turkey and Syria, Japan Inc. is ...

More information: Yo Fukushima et al, Landscape changes caused by the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake in Japan, Science Advances (2024). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adp9193 ...

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

Discover Japan’s Noto Peninsula on a 5-day Walk Japan tour blending cuisine, hot springs and culture while supporting ...