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

On March 11, 2011, a powerful earthquake struck Japan from its main island, Honshu. The magnitude 9.0 earthquake, one of the ...

January 26 marked the 325th anniversary since the last earthquake struck the Cascadia subduction zone. Centuries later, the ...

The state of Maine was hit by a rare 3.8 magnitude earthquake Monday morning, a tremor that could be felt across the New ...

Jan. 26, 2025, marks 325 years since the last great earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone. It’s a time to reflect on what we’ve learned about this largest fault system in the lower 48 states ...

Enlisting in 2009, she began her career as a military police officer, serving in Misawa, Japan, where she provided ...

Oregon scientists are hoping to help the coastal communities survive a major inundation in various ways. One of those is ...

The new threat level issued by Japan’s Earthquake Research Committee is similar to estimates published in the journal ...

Sasaki's home town of Rikuzentakata was virtually wiped off the map when a 9.0-magnitude earthquake ... at school when the ...

A "megaquake" hitting Japan in the next 30 years could trigger 100-foot tsunamis and kill hundreds of thousands of people.

NHK said a tsunami, estimated to be as high as 1 meter (3.2 feet ... the southwestern main island, Japan's Meteorological Agency said. The agency initially gave the depth as 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) ...

A strong earthquake measuring a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 has rattled southwestern Japan. The Japan Meteorological Agency said Monday that tsunami advisories were issued for Miyazaki Prefecture, ...