Japan is facing a seismic crisis. Over 1,700 earthquakes have rocked the Tokara Islands, triggering evacuations and raising ...

The Japanese government on July 1 approved significant upgrades to the plan to safeguard the public in the event of a major ...

In Japan, swarms of earthquakes are fueling a dip in tourism and a viral panic over predictions of the next 'big one' ...

Megathrust earthquakes are large earthquakes that occur on faults found along the boundaries between tectonic plates. The ...

Monday marks one month since seismic activity intensified in the sea around the Tokara island chain in southwestern Japan, ...

A new study corrects the recorded depth of an earthquake in Japan, revealing that it was not the deepest in history.

Tokyo, Japan - Megathrust earthquakes are large earthquakes that occur on faults found along the boundaries between tectonic plates. The Nankai Trough ...

Nearly 2,200 earthquakes strong enough to be felt by humans have recently struck around a southwestern Japanese island chain.

If the ocean floor had a nervous system, it might look something like this: thousands of miles of fiber-optic cables ...

A powerful 7.4 earthquake has struck off the coast of Russia, with the tremor felt in Alaska, Japan, and Hawaii, prompting ...

A Japanese power company unveiled plans for the country’s first nuclear reactor since the 2011 Fukushima meltdown.

Aftershocks rattled Japan on Tuesday after at least 62 people were killed in a powerful earthquake on the western coast that flattened buildings and triggered tsunami warnings. On Monday afternoon ...