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

Navigating earthquakes is a tricky part of living in Japan. In the average year, Japanese people are shaken around 1,500 ...

Jakarta is one of the largest cities in the world and one of the most earthquake-prone. It is located within the Pacific Ring ...

Japan’s top court has found two former company executives not guilty of negligence over the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster and the subsequent deaths of dozens of elderly residents ...

A massive earthquake shook Japan, but the real nightmare was just beginning. At Fukushima, a disaster was unfolding that ...

Earthquakes occur along fault lines between continental plates, where one plate is diving beneath another. Pressure builds ...

Japan's Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that found former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company not guilty ...

Scientists know that natural disasters have negative health effects on survivors, but long-term observations are lacking. To help fill this gap, a research team has investigated the connection between ...

Incorporating solar activity predictions into detailed Earth temperature models may improve seismic forecasts and save lives.

To help fill this gap, a Japanese research team has investigated the connection between the degree of housing damage caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE) and all-cause mortality, using the ...