The new threat level issued by Japan’s Earthquake Research Committee is similar to estimates published in the journal ...

A Japanese government panel said Thursday it has slightly raised its estimated probability of a "megaquake" to up to 82 ...

Cyclic changes of fluid pressure in fault zones can induce slow-slip events that advance in the direction of fluid flow, even when the faults are stable.

A former Oxford University student has won a prestigious award for his work in geoscience. Dr Dan Bassett, who completed his DPhil in Earth Sciences in 2010, has been presented with the McKay Hammer ...

An earthquake with an intensity of lower 5 on the Japanese seismic scale of 7 struck Miyazaki Prefecture at about 9:19 p.m.

TOKYO – A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck south-western Japan late on Jan 13, causing two small tsunamis in the area, but no ...

Plates at subduction zones typically move just a few centimeters per year. But when accumulated stress at these convergent ...

Japan’s Meteorological Agency withdrew a tsunami advisory after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of ...

An undersea volcano off Oregon’s coast will likely erupt in 2025, scientists say. Known as Axial Seamount, it’s the most ...

The Indonesian government plans to strengthen domestic housing construction standards to mitigate the impact of potential megathrust earthquakes, reported Xinhua, citing a senior official at the ...

A research team led by Prof. Shen Yan'an from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) has made significant progress in studying the sources and formation mechanisms of haze.