Vanuatu’s capital is without water after reservoirs were destroyed by a violent magnitude 7.3 earthquake that wrought havoc ...

Understanding Landslides: A New Model for Predicting Motion Oct. 17, 2024 — Along coastal California, the possibility of earthquakes and landslides are commonly prefaced by the phrase ...

At least one person was killed after a powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck the main island of Vanuatu in the South ...

Don’t worry: It’s general enough to apply to the rest of Japan. But for busy people, here’s a summary of things you should know about what to do before, during and after an earthquake in Japan.

After a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 struck Vanuatu on Tuesday, rescuers are tirelessly searching for people ...

That has already eclipsed the more than 18,400 who died in the disaster in Japan. That magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck at 2:46 p.m., March 11, 2011. Not long after, cameras along the Japanese ...

He was in his office about an hour after the earthquake struck at 4:10 p.m. with a seismic intensity of a maximum 7 on the Japanese scale ... stunned to find huge landslides and roads damaged ...

The Japanese earthquake could have a large effect on U.S. grain and beef exports, but likely will have only a minor effect — if any — on cotton prices, according to Texas AgriLife Extension Service ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency has a unique seismic scale called shindo that measures the degree of shaking in the event of an earthquake. This set of numbers — ranging from 0 to 7 — is ...