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More than 900 earthquakes have shaken a remote and sparsely populated island chain in southern Japan over two weeks, keeping residents anxious and awake all night. Seismic activity has been "very ...
A Japanese power company unveiled plans for the country’s first nuclear reactor since the 2011 Fukushima meltdown.
Monday marks one month since seismic activity intensified in the sea around the Tokara island chain in southwestern Japan, ...
In Japan, swarms of earthquakes are fueling a dip in tourism and a viral panic over predictions of the next 'big one' ...
If the ocean floor had a nervous system, it might look something like this: thousands of miles of fiber-optic cables ...
Nearly 2,200 earthquakes strong enough to be felt by humans have recently struck around a southwestern Japanese island chain.
A new study corrects the recorded depth of an earthquake in Japan, revealing that it was not the deepest in history.
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 ...
Japan’s Meteorological Agency warns major quakes could hit the area over the next week Japan earthquake – latest: Aftershocks continue in quake zone as death toll rises to 64 Skip to main content ...
First responders in Japan struggling to reach hard hit areas after earthquake kills dozens 02:47. Wajima, Japan — Thousands of people made homeless in an instant by the powerful earthquake in ...
For the first time, scientists have directly observed the movement of a slow earthquake at the bottom of the ocean. These imperceptible events on a human timescale could play a key role in ...