Japan experiences more earthquakes than any country. But its transit system remains remarkably safe. The bullet train, for ...

Two years on from a devastating earthquake that shattered Turkey's southern region, nearly half a million people remain in ...

The Oregon Office of Emergency Management advises on tsunami preparedness, emphasizing risk awareness and community planning.

Oregon's Governor designates February as Earthquake and Tsunami Awareness Month to promote disaster preparedness.

A new "wind phone" has been installed in Oak Island to help people cope with grief. The phone, which is not connected to any ...

Japan faced a massive earthquake, a huge tsunami, and a nuclear meltdown. All things considered, they fared pretty well. Why?

Armed with measuring devices, groups of citizens are embracing science to monitor radioactive fallout — and regain control of ...

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

Roki Sasaki is Major League Baseball's hottest new star but he had to struggle through adversity to get there, losing his father and grandparents in Japan's deadly 2011 tsunami ... off the map when a ...

Japan's nuclear plants faced global scrutiny after the devastating 2011 tsunami triggered by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake.

NHK said a tsunami, estimated to be as high as 1 meter (3.2 feet ... the southwestern main island, Japan's Meteorological Agency said. The agency initially gave the depth as 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) ...

March 11, 2011. (Courtesy of Fumiaki Konno) The Tohoku earthquake — the strongest recorded in Japan, at a magnitude of 9.1 — and resulting tsunami killed more than 18,000 and remains the ...