In the latest report prepared by a Japanese government earthquake task force, it was estimated that up to 298,000 people could be killed in a Nankai Trough megaquake with a magnitude of 8-9. The ...

When the ground under Seattle finally gives way, the disaster will not unfold as a single cinematic moment but as a chain ...

Officials said there is a chance that “a large-scale earthquake with a magnitude of 8 or higher could occur as a follow-up earthquake,” though they stressed this is a possibility rather than a forecas ...

Japan’s latest disaster advisory has revived a chilling term in the seismology world: “megaquake.” The warning followed a ...

For years, João Duarte has puzzled over a seemingly boring underwater expanse off the coast of Portugal. In 1969, this site spawned a massive earthquake that rattled the shore and sparked a tsunami.

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Portland City Council voted on Wednesday to limit the expansion of fossil fuel terminals in the city. Supporters say the move is a critical step in the city’s efforts to combat climate change and ...

Tectonics is the study of the structural geology of the Earth and other planetary bodies, and the local and regional processes that created that rock geometry. This includes the movements of the Earth ...