A study found that tectonic plates beneath the Chishima Trench are not slipping past each other but appear to be locked ...

The Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation also recommends refraining from activities within a 3-kilometer ...

Typhoons, earthquakes and torrential downpours have caused large-scale damage throughout Japan, but now the city is using a ...

Residents of Naples and its surrounding areas abandoned their homes and camped out in parks and cars after a 4.4 magnitude ...

Imagine a heavy book resting on a table. If you try to gently push the book across the table with the tip of your finger, it ...

Following January's 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Dingri county of the Xizang autonomous region, over 21,400 households in 681 ...

Residents in Naples were forced to camp outside or sleep in their cars after a powerful 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck the ...

The quake was the strongest in recorded history around the Phlegrean Fields, a sprawling area of ancient volcanoes that ...

At 2:46 p.m. on Tuesday, Japan observed a moment of silence to mark the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake ...

More than 1,813 earthquakes and tremors ranging between ... the ground rose 3.5 meters (11.5 feet) before descending. The recent increase in seismic activity has prompted some local restaurants ...

Satisfy your wanderlust with stellar travel ideas for the year ahead The surface has been pushed up 1.3 meters (4.3 feet) since 2006, which is higher than prior to the last major event in 1984 ...