The April 20 earthquake off the Tohoku region caused minor injuries, rekindled haunting memories of the 2011 disaster and ...

Peru conducted the year’s second national multi-hazard drill on Friday to a possible 8.8-magnitude earthquake centered off ...

The mega-earthquake. It’s coming. We don’t know exactly when or how big it’s going to be, but it’s coming. It will be chaotic, and with millions of lives on the brink, California will be put to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan's Meteorological Agency measured the powerful quake on Monday, which struck near the Sanriku coast, initially warning that ...

Geophysicist Stefan Burns has warned that a mega earthquake could strike California within the next few months, stating the ...

A NATIONAL disaster has been declared in Colombia after a mega quake killed more than 160 people. Hundreds of buildings collapsed as the South American country was hit by a huge 7.4-magnitude ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Steam rises out of a power station protected by a tsunami sea wall in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture (AFP/Getty) A magnitude 6.2 ...

TOKYO, Japan — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.7 off northern Japan on Monday sparked a short-lived tsunami alert and prompted authorities to advise of a slightly higher risk of a ...

Thank you for following our live updates on the magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck off the north of Japan. Its epicentre was in the Pacific Ocean and was 10km deep, the Japan Meteorological Agency ...

WASHINGTON, 25 November (BelTA - Xinhua) - Mega-earthquakes magnitude 8.5 and stronger preferentially occur where faults are mostly flat, a new study said Thursday. Curvier faults, however, are less ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck the northern coast of Japan on Monday, triggering tsunami alerts and ...