The fault that produced the earthquake lies between two pieces of hard rock sandwiching a slippery clay layer, allowing for ...

Japan is returning to nuclear energy almost 15 years after the Fukushima disaster – but not everyone is convinced it’s a good ...

No reports of major injuries or structural damage have emerged, and authorities have not issued a tsunami warning.

Japan has recorded a series of powerful aftershocks in the past several hours, including a magnitude 5.7 earthquake near the ...

Japan faces a significant threat from a powerful earthquake along the Nankai Trough. This event, predicted to occur within ...

Earthquakes have a way of changing everything in a moment. When massive tectonic plates grind, slip, or catch against each other, the energy they release can redraw coastlines, send waves across ...

Japan has issued a Hokkaido–Sanriku Subsequent Earthquake Advisory after the M7.4–7.5 quake, warning that the probability of a giant “megaquake” with massive tsunami along the Japan Trench has become ...

Nuclear facilities were inspected in Japan on Tuesday as authorities assessed the damage from a 7.5-magnitude earthquake, amid warnings of aftershocks and a potentially larger tremblor in the coming ...

Can an earthquake trigger a volcanic eruption? The answer, in certain cases, is probably, but only if the volcano is basically already primed to erupt. One such occurrence happened 318 years ago on ...

Nine small to moderate earthquakes struck San Ramon on Monday , the largest one clocking in with a magnitude of 3.6, according to the US Geological Survey. The others ranged from 2.5 to 3.0. Meanwhile ...

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa was among 54 reactors shut after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima Daiichi plant.