Quake and Tsunami
January 04, 2013
Authorities are working to ease bans on animals in evacuee housing, after some families uprooted by the 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster suffered further distress when...
December 29, 2012
A scientist who examined the dock that recently washed ashore on Washington's Olympic Peninsula says it looks just like another one that came ashore on a Pacific Northwest...
December 23, 2012
FORKS, Washington--A team hiked over primitive coastal trails to reach a dock that apparently floated from Japan after last year's tsunami and just washed ashore on a...
December 22, 2012
The probability of strong earthquakes striking eastern Japan within the next 30 years has markedly increased, according to experts.
December 20, 2012
Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK) has found itself in a pickle over the strong expressions it uses to issue tsunami warnings on TV and radio.
December 18, 2012
The gravity of the moon and the sun likely triggered the Great East Japan Earthquake last year, according to a Japanese researcher.
December 08, 2012
The magnitude-7.3 earthquake and tsunami warning on Dec. 7 were a chilling echo of the events of March 2011, but lessons learned back then resulted in a more efficient...
December 08, 2012
The magnitude-7.3 temblor that rocked northeastern Japan on Dec. 7 is now considered an aftershock of last year's Great East Japan Earthquake--and it may not be the last.
December 07, 2012
A magnitude-7.3 earthquake struck off the coast of northeastern Japan in the same region that was hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami last year. Tokyo high-rises swayed for ...
December 07, 2012
Internet surfers can now take a virtual tour of the interiors of schools, city halls and other buildings in the Tohoku region that were damaged by the Great East Japan...
November 24, 2012
CRESCENT CITY, California--It doesn't matter if the earth sways in Chile, Alaska or Japan, the formation of the sea floor along the U.S. West Coast generally aims any tsunami...
November 23, 2012
Japan should be prepared for the possibility of a magnitude-10 earthquake, although the chances of a temblor that size are slim, a seismologist said.
November 17, 2012
The estimated number of foreigners who visited Japan decreased from pre-quake levels for the fourth consecutive month in October, the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) ...
November 10, 2012
Tons of debris from last year's Japanese tsunami will still be washing up on western coastlines of the United States and Canada by next June, according to the Environment...
October 23, 2012
L'AQUILA, Italy--Six scientists and a government official were sentenced to six years in prison for manslaughter by an Italian court on Oct. 22 for failing to give adequate...
October 12, 2012
NAGOYA--As far as Nestor Puno is concerned, last year's Great East Japan Earthquake--which left an estimated 20,000 people dead or missing--was a trial run for a disaster of...
October 08, 2012
About 38 million people, or about 30 percent of the Japanese population, live on weak foundations vulnerable to increased shaking and liquefaction in an earthquake, according...
September 23, 2012
HONOLULU--A large plastic bin is the first confirmed piece of marine debris from last year's Japan tsunamis to arrive in Hawaii, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
September 14, 2012
Facing death on March 11, 2011, Kakichi Saijo watched as the fast-moving waters of the tsunami approached his home in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture.
September 07, 2012
As a goodwill gesture, Japan will provide $6 million (470 million yen) to U.S. West Coast states and a western Canadian province to help in the cleanup of debris from the Great ...