A record-breaking deep earthquake registered in May 2015 offshore of Japan likely was not a tectonic event but triggered by a ...

Land topography is usually formed gradually over long periods of time, but sometimes a single event can dramatically change ...

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

According to Japan's Earthquake Research Committee ... It’s a subduction zone located where the Philippine Sea Plate is being subducted beneath the Eurasian Plate, making it a hotbed of seismic ...

Scientists have solved the mystery of how earthquakes can occur 420 miles deep inside Earth, where extreme pressure and heat ...

Japan experiences more earthquakes than any country. But its transit system remains remarkably safe. The bullet train, for example, has never seen a death or serious injury due to an earthquake or ...

Experts have cautioned that while small tremors help release some energy, they don’t eliminate the risk of a major quake.

A strong earthquake rattled southern Japan on Monday, the United States Geological ... after a strong quake took place in a seabed zone along the Pacific coast known as the Nankai Trough, Reuters ...

Japan’s Meteorological Agency withdrew a tsunami advisory after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of southwest Japan. The quake struck shortly after 9:19 p.m. local time (7:19 a ...