Tsunamis don’t look the way we picture them. Most people, if they imagined one coming, would picture a towering wall of dark ...

Japan’s earthquake planners divide the Nankai fault zone into named segments, each with its own rupture history and hazard clock. The eastern one, called Tokai, hasn’t broken in more than 170 years.

By chance a tour boat avoided a deadly tsunami set off by the retreat of Alaska's coastal glaciers. Scientists are working to spot landslides like the one that caused the massive wave to warn people i ...

Tsunami deposits and coastal geological processes provide critical insights into past events and future risks. Tsunami deposits are layers of sediment laid down by tsunami waves as they inundate ...

TOKYO (AP) — A 7.7 magnitude earthquake Monday off northern Japan sparked a short-lived tsunami alert and an advisory of a slightly higher risk of a possible megaquake for its coastal areas. The ...

A strong earthquake of 7.4 magnitude struck northern Japan on Monday, April 20, 2026. The tremors have prompted authorities to issue tsunami warnings across coastal regions of the country. Emergency ...

TOKYO — A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Japan on Monday, prompting authorities to urge residents to stay away from coastal areas where tsunami waves of up to ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. People living on large swathes of Japan's coastline were urged to ...