TOKYO (Reuters) -An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 hit southwestern Japan on Thursday, triggering tsunami advisories, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said, but there were no immediate signs ...

Based on the experience, the agency plans to provide disaster response teams with smaller rescue vehicles capable of ...

When a 4.4-magnitude earthquake rattled Los Angeles on Aug.13, it didn’t come as a complete surprise to everybody. About a million Californians got an early alert on their phones that a quake was ...

The ribbon-like oarfish hovers in the water, creates a bioluminescent glow and is said to warn of an upcoming earthquake.

An EERIE photo shows a “ghost” lurking in a rural Japanese school that was abandoned following the tragic 2011 Fukushima ...

A powerful earthquake struck off Japan's southern coast on Thursday, triggering a tsunami advisory that urged residents to stay away from the coastline. Three people were injured but there were no ...

The first seven months of 2024 have been so eventful, it’s easy to forget that the year started off with a magnitude 7.5 ...

This history of Japanese earthquake prediction provides a compelling account of how disaster policies are made and unmade. It ...

A major earthquake struck off the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, on August 8. Although the industrial impact was ...

A study questions the reliability of using turbidite layers to trace the Cascadia subduction zone's seismic history, ...

The March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated north-east Japan and killed more than 20,000 people and its aftermath ...

The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) is committed to further strengthening its ties with Japan in the field of disaster risk ...