How are species boundaries maintained in the face of environmental disturbance? This is not only a fundamental question in ...

The enormous Japan Trench produced the catastrophic 2011 earthquake and remains a major seismic threat.

One of the less-noticed effects of tsunamis, for humans at least, is the way they can carry species into unfamiliar territory ...

Universal Time, a long stretch of seafloor off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula was thrust upward. The magnitude 8.8 earthquake ...

KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa — Nearly 90 residents of neighboring Chatan rehearsed an evacuation to higher ground on this U.S.

When traveling in Japan,“What should I do if an earthquake occurs?”“What if the trains stop due to a typhoon?”“Can I check the latest information in English?”“Who should I call if I need help?”You may ...

Police on Tuesday conducted an evacuation drill using cars in Tomakomai based on the scenario of a major tsunami warning being issu ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.9 struck eastern Japan around 4:45 a.m. Tuesday, registering 4 on Japan's ...

Iwasaki Akiko (Okamisan) was swept away by the tsunami on March 11, 2011, after one of Japan’s largest recorded earthquakes.

Tsunamis in the south Pacific and Japan have shown the destruction that can come from powerful earthquakes in the ocean. Ships and cars tossed as if they were toys, and buildings ripped from their ...

The first typhoon of the season is scheduled to arrive at midday. If all goes according to plan, we will sail into its eye somewhere along Shikoku’s southern seaboard.