A thick layer of slippery clay on the ocean floor may have formed the weak spot that enabled a magnitude 9.1 quake to make ...

You’ve heard about Washington’s earthquake risk, but you might not realize Washington is also at risk for a major tsunami.

In this week's Science for All newsletter, Divya Gandhi explains the origins of the devastating 2011 Japan earthquake.

You’ve heard about Washington’s earthquake risk, but you might not realize Washington is also at risk for a major tsunami. It could come with little warning, but you can protect yourself by being prep ...

New research shows that a fragile clay layer beneath the Japan Trench played a key role in the extreme seafloor movement ...

The drilling expedition, conducted aboard the research vessel Chikyu, set a Guinness World Record for the deepest scientific ocean drilling ever achieved. Core samples revealed a roughly ...

A thin, soft and slippery layer of clay-rich mud embedded in rock below the seafloor intensified the 2011 Japan earthquake that produced a tsunami that claimed tens of thousands of lives and decimated ...

Is it too late now to say sorry? No, we’re not singing Justin Bieber’s hit song from 2015. We’re genuinely wondering, because apparently, there are some people who are long overdue for a massive ...

As an integral part of the “build back better” approach, authorities must include strategies for the environmentally and ...

As this year would be the 15th anniversary of the catastrophe, Japanese writer Tae Hitoto organized a group of 30 Japanese visitors to cycle around Taiwan from March 7 to March 15 ...