A record-breaking deep earthquake registered in May 2025 offshore of Japan likely was not a tectonic event, but triggered by a mineralogical shift in Earth’s mantle.

Thurston County was hit by the 6.5 Puget Sound Earthquake. With an epicenter near Des Moines, Washington, it was felt ...

Armed with measuring devices, groups of citizens are embracing science to monitor radioactive fallout — and regain control of ...

President Gustavo Petro of Colombia agreed yesterday to allow U.S. military planes to fly unauthorized immigrants from the ...

Japan's plans to transform the remote uninhabited island of Mageshima into a strategic military hub have hit a wall On a ...

Dating key tectonic events in Japan's geological history has long been often challenging due to poor microfossil preservation from intense heat due to metamorphism. Researchers tackled this by using ...

Transit in most global cities is government-run. But in Japan, that’s not the case. There, private companies run a sprawling ...

Legend has it that a strange orb sometimes seen hovering over the railroad tracks in the remote area around Summerville, ...

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

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

There are roughly two dozen or so volcanoes in a state of “unrest” or erupting somewhere on the planet. 2025 has been no ...