Japan has spent decades making its buildings more resilient to earthquakes. Similar changes could be difficult for the US to implement.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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