Japan’s new earthquake-detection network lengthens warning times, and researchers in Wales have harnessed nuclear blast ...

TOKYO: Japan has warned of a 70–80% chance of a magnitude 8–9 earthquake along the Nankai Trough within the next 30 years, ...

If the ocean floor had a nervous system, it might look something like this: thousands of miles of fiber-optic cables ...

A 4.4 magnitude earthquake near Jhajjar was felt across Delhi-NCR on Thursday highlighting the region's seismic risk and lack ...

Japan has developed an undersea warning system that can detect earthquakes 20 seconds before they reach land, significantly ...

Scientists are keeping a close watch on the chances of a megathrust earthquake happening soon. These are the strongest types of quakes, caused when one tectonic plate slides beneath another, and they ...

In Japan, swarms of earthquakes are fueling a dip in tourism and a viral panic over predictions of the next 'big one' ...

Japan has approved a comprehensive disaster preparedness strategy to mitigate the impact of a potential Nankai Trough ...

Delhi sits on a seismic ticking bomb. With rising tectonic stress beneath the Himalayas, experts warn the next megaquake ...

If a megathrust earthquake were to happen today, the 100-year floodplain—the key metric used to determine which homes are at risk of flood, and what homes need to purchase flood insurance ...

A megathrust earthquake occurs in an area called a subduction zone. Subduction zones are created when one of the tectonic plates slides beneath another. When the plates get stuck but are still ...

Cascadia megathrust earthquakes are caused by the Cascadia Subduction Zone that sits about 40 miles off the coast of the Pacific Northwest, where the edge of one tectonic plate is being slowly ...