What created the Noto Peninsula landscape we know today? After examining the devastation from the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake, researchers have a theory.

Land topography is usually formed gradually over long periods of time, but sometimes a single event can dramatically change things. On New Year's Day in 2024, a devastating earthquake in the Noto ...

The earthquake, which was felt throughout Japan, destroyed 36,000 houses in the southern part of Honshu alone. In August last year, the Japan Meteorological Association issued its first megaquake ...

Japan’s Meteorological Agency withdrew a ... capital Tokyo and killed at least 20,000 people. The 9.1 magnitude Tohoku earthquake spiraled into a fierce tsunami and nuclear disaster ...

Japan saw its largest earthquake ever recorded in 2011, a magnitude-9.1 quake that struck the Tohoku region and caused a huge tsunami.

The Oregon Office of Emergency Management advises on tsunami preparedness, emphasizing risk awareness and community planning.

Last August, the Japan Meteorological Association (JMA) issued its first megaquake advisory under rules drawn up after the devastating Tohoku earthquake and tsunami of 2011. It said that the ...

Land topography is usually formed gradually over long periods of time, but sometimes a single event can dramatically change things. On New Year's Day ...

Japan is one of the world’s most earthquake-prone countries and sits ... the strongest ever recorded in Japan — struck the Tohoku region in the country’s northwest. The quake and ensuing ...