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

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake that claimed the lives of 6,434 people. The magnitude 7.3 quake hit Kobe City in western Japan and surrounding areas at 5:46 a.m.

What created the Noto Peninsula landscape we know today? After examining the devastation from the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake, researchers have a theory.

Survivors of Japan’s harrowing earthquake and tsunami which claimed nearly 20,000 lives have reported encountering ghosts of the dead. The disaster wiped out towns and cities in the northeastern ...

The quake struck shortly after 9:19 p.m. local time (7:19 ... The 9.1 magnitude Tohoku earthquake spiraled into a fierce tsunami and nuclear disaster – obliterating homes, swamping cities ...