Far beneath the waves, down in the depths of the Japan Trench—seven kilometers below sea level—lie hidden clues about some of ...

CSIS has assembled a variety of resources on the devastating March 11 earthquake and its aftermath. These include video interviews, short written analyses, and audio commentaries. H. Andrew Schwartz, ...

The tsunami that struck Japan’s Tohoku region in 2011 was touched off by a submarine earthquake far more massive than anything geologists had expected in that zone.

Russia's massive quake has already triggered at least 10 aftershocks, and could continue for months, according to scientists.

Buildings destroyed by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake released thousands of tons of climate-warming and ozone-depleting chemicals into the atmosphere, according to a new study.

Death by drowning was the biggest killer in the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami. Since the disaster, scientists have analyzed the massive Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, seeking better ways to ...

In March 2011, Japan endured the strongest earthquake in its recorded history followed by a severe tsunami. The Tohoku tsunami involved waves 40 meters/132 feet high and over 15,500 deaths. Over ...

That 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake was nothing if not colossal, but the size of the deadly tsunami that it triggered was still a surprise.

The 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami caused the disappearance of beaches over a wide area because of inundation accompanying the land subsidence caused by the earthquake and because of tsunami ...