The Valdivian Earthquake, or the Great Chilean Earthquake, is the largest on record. It measured in at a magnitude of 9.5.

Ensuring that critical equipment is protected from extreme weather cycles is a top priority for military bases the world over — case in point being the decision of Japan's Naha Air Base to ...

Newly discovered footage taken in Shizuoka Prefecture after the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake constitutes what is probably among the oldest 35-millimeter records of tsunami damage in Japan.

A powerful earthquake struck off Japan's southern coast on Thursday, triggering a tsunami advisory that urged residents to stay away from the coastline. Three people were injured but there were no ...

Multiple stores report having to close to repair damage in the wake of the 7.0 earthquake in California on Thursday. The ...

Could the Recent Pacific Megaquakes Trigger a West Coast Temblor? A series of major earthquakes have struck beneath the Pacific Ocean in less than a year and a half. Could the U.S. west coast be next?

Japan on Tuesday marks the 14th anniversary since a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the nation in 2011, triggering a ...

A farmer tries to plough soil irradiated after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster in 2011. Today, his fields have been converted to a 30-year dumpsite for radioactive soil. (James ...

Perched along the scenic coastline of Japan’s Iwate prefecture, the Taro Kanko Hotel once stood as a symbol of hospitality, offering guests views of the Pacific Ocean and the nearby Sannoiwa Rocks.

Japan’s 2011 tsunami affected both the rich coastal ecosystems of northeastern Japan and the local communities reliant upon them. The destruction to the landscape wreaked by the tsunami that ...

Kaplan-Meier curves of all-cause mortality according to the degree of house damage caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake (n = 58,320). Scientists know that natural disasters have negative ...

Deputy Director-General, Managing Director, Dr. Create tsunami-resilient communities through an early warning and tsunami observation network In Japan, higher tsunamis than those envisaged in each of ...