The next major Pacific Northwest earthquake could cause coastal land to sink by up to 6.5 feet in a matter of minutes, a new ...

In a matter of minutes, a crowded Sri Lankan passenger train became the site of unimaginable devastation as the 2004 tsunami ...

Chieko Tsuneoka is a former reporter and researcher for The Wall Street Journal in Tokyo. She reported on a wide range of ...

It was history. On March 11, 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake, magnitude 9.0, struck 80 miles off the Northeast Coast of Japan, generating a series ...

Unfounded rumors of a Japan disaster are going viral, triggering anxiety and keeping visitors away. The country's tourism ...

A rumor circulating in Hong Kong that a huge earthquake and tsunami will hit Japan this summer led to such a sharp drop in ...

HONG KONG -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 jolted 54 km ENE of Nishinoomote, Japan at 14:03:57 GMT on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 26.0 km, was ...

A three-judge panel at Yokohama District Court found Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Krieger liable in a civil suit and ...

A new study concludes excess deaths increased in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic but does not report any explosion in ...

This footage from Japan shows the country reeling from the massive tsunami triggered by an earthquake. CCTV footage captured ...

On March 27, 1964, the United States faced its most powerful earthquake since records began. Known as the Good Friday earthquake, it affected almost all of Alaska and caused the earth to shake for ...

Fukushima nuclear plant completes second debris removal operation, facing challenges in decommissioning due to high radiation ...