Don’t worry: It’s general enough to apply to the rest of Japan. But for busy people, here’s a summary of things you should know about what to do before, during and after an earthquake in Japan.

Tsunami warnings are not uncommon in Califoria, where warning sirens and signs are in place to notify coastal residents that ...

Mainly wooden debris from dismantled buildings was loaded on a ship at Nanao City on Tuesday. It is the prefecture's fourth ...

The government is taking steps to better prepare Tokyo for an inland earthquake of magnitude 7 or so occurring beneath the capital. Japan has been struck frequently by quakes of this size ...

The powerful earthquake that struck in Northern California on Thursday prompted a brief tsunami warning affecting about 5 ...

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake off the California coast briefly triggered a tsunami warning for parts of Northern California and ...

The earthquake occurred at 10:44 a.m. with an epicenter under the Pacific Ocean, about 70 miles southwest of Eureka and 110 ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.3 jolted Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture on Wednesday, the country's weather agency said. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the temblor ...

What was the cause of the great Tōhoku earthquake of 2011, and how can we better understand geological processes in order to protect coastal infrastructure in the long term – for example, from a ...