Tokyo, a city of more than 13 million people, has been devastated by earthquakes in the past and likely will be again. But when? And what role do ongoing slow-slip earthquakes—the kind that generally ...

The colossal magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia’s coast early Wednesday is set to be one of the largest ever recorded if its magnitude is not revised down by scientists studying the data.

Object Details Author Weisenfeld, Gennifer S (Gennifer Stacy) 1966- Contents Earthquakes in Japan: a brief prehistory -- The media scale of catastrophe -- Disaster as spectacle -- The sublime nature ...

The Aug. 5 earthquake felt in North Jersey has a Bergen County epicenter.

That earthquake was the most powerful ever recorded in Japan, and the fourth most powerful tremor ever recorded since modern seismology began. It resulted in massive damage, nearly 20,000 deaths ...

The massive earthquake that struck Russia overnight and spawned tsunami fears in Japan, Hawaii and along the Pacific Coast of the United States was so strong that it registered on equipment in Kansas.

A tsunami advisory was also issued for parts of Alaska and the entire West Coast after a powerful earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

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The Alaska Earthquake Center continues to recommend that individuals practice "drop, cover, and hold" during earthquakes if indoors, know evacuation routes, check emergency supplies, and make ...

A 3.0-magnitude earthquake Sunday Aug. 3 originated in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, about 15 miles from Rockland County, New York.

HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, New Jersey (WABC) -- A small earthquake in New Jersey shook parts of the Tri-State Area on Saturday night. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said the tremor with a magnitude of ...