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

Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

Those stories originated in Japan, where some taxi drivers in the city of Ishinomaki reported encountering “ghost passengers” ...

The Greek island has a long history of earthquakes, but what is causing the recent series of quakes has scientists perplexed.

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

Events were held around Japan on March 11 to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, as attendees marked the exact time at 2:46 p.m. when the magnitude-9.0 ...

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Languages: English. Thousands of reports poured into the USGS of people feeling the earthquake as far south as New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Most reports were clustered in southern Maine ...

The return of inflation and wage growth is giving the Bank of Japan room to raise interest rates and declare the end of a long period of stagnation. Source: FactSet, Bank of Japan By The New York ...

TAIPEI - A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck a mountainous, rural area of Taiwan’s south on Jan 21, the island’s weather administration said, injuring 27 people and causing ceilings of homes to ...