Earthquakes occur when the rock on one side of a fault slips relative to the other. The fault surface can be vertical, ...

2011: A 9.0 magnitude earthquake strikes 80 miles east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami that kills thousands of people and causes the second worst nuclear accident in history at the Fukushima ...

Japan marks 14th anniversary of tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disaster Japan commemorates the 14th anniversary of the ...

Abdul Manan Magtiblo watched the excavator dump a piece of Gebe Island into the back of a truck. Barely a thicket remained on ...

Safety Reports Series No. 116 In 2004, the Indian Ocean Tsunami damaged several nuclear installations in India. In 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami caused the Fukushima Daiichi ...

Japan commemorates the 14th anniversary of the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami that struck the country's northeastern region and resulted in the cataclysmic meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi n ...