The Record Breaking Chilean Earthquake 5, commonly referred to as the Valdivia earthquake or Great Chilean earthquake. It ...

Columbia Memorial Hospital near Oregon's coastline is forging ahead with emergency plans in case of a major earthquake or ...

Japan is learning what life is life under a megaquake watch. NPR's Rob Schmitz talks to Richard Allen, director of the Berkeley Seismology Lab, about what it means.

TOKYO -- Japan on Friday issued a tsunami advisory after a 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook the country’s northeast, according ...

TOKYO, December 12. /TASS/. A magnitude-6.7 earthquake was registered off Japan’s northeastern Aomori prefecture, the national meteorological service said. The epicenter was located at the depth of 20 ...

A 6.7 magnitude earthquake occurred Friday afternoon local time off the northern coast of Japan, the Japan Meteorological ...

A powerful earthquake of 6.7 magnitude struck northeast Japan on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reports.

Japan’s government has issued a rare “megaquake advisory” after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck off the country’s northern ...

Major quakes in Japan and Alaska along with a spate of smaller earthquakes in California this fall make folks ask, is the Big ...

Insurance and reinsurance markets are on heightened alert after a rare “megaquake” advisory was issued in the north of Japan, following a sequence of strong earthquakes that has rattled Aomori, ...

In Alaska, a federal grant that funded seismic data collection in order to warn people about tsunamis is being cancelled. Experts say cuts like this could make tsunami warnings less reliable.

Tsunami warnings and advisories were initially issued for the Pacific coast of Hokkaido and the Tohoku region, among other areas, but these were later lifted. A 70-centimeter wave was observed in Kuji ...