Earthquakes can’t be predicted. But a manga artist’s dream of a July 5 'megaquake' has spooked some residents and travelers.

From earthquake warnings to bear attack alerts, Beijing is deploying a campaign of exaggeration and disinformation to punish ...

Japan is on alert after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck its northern regions late on Monday, prompting tsunami warnings and a rare government advisory about the possibility of a “megaquake” over the ...

A thick layer of slippery clay on the ocean floor may have formed the weak spot that enabled a magnitude 9.1 quake to make ...

Multiple earthquakes struck southern Japan on Sunday, rattling a region already known for its persistent seismic activity. No reports of major injuries or structural damage have emerged, and ...

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Japan late Monday. Thereafter, a tsunami of 50 cm was measured just south of Aomori along the coast.

New research shows that a fragile clay layer beneath the Japan Trench played a key role in the extreme seafloor movement ...

A new study claims that an 80-100-foot-wide layer of clay exacerbated the 2011 earthquake.

Japan’s northeastern coast faced a terrifying night as a powerful magnitude-7.6 earthquake struck off the coastline on Monday, prompting urgent evacuation orders and tsunami warnings for thousands of ...

That expedition used Japan's ultra-advanced drilling ship Chikyū, and marked the first time scientists had ever drilled directly into the fault zone of a recent megathrust earthquake. They drilled ...