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 ...

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

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

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

Scientists are keeping a close watch on the chances of a megathrust earthquake happening soon. These are the strongest types ...

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

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

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 ...