Such a quake would completely destroy 400,000 buildings, less than the 2013 estimate of 610,000 buildings. The reduction can be attributed to progress in rebuilding older wooden homes. About 90% of ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A magnitude 8.2 earthquake off Alaska’s Kodiak Island prompted a tsunami warning for a large swath of coastal Alaska and Canada’s British Columbia while the remainder of the U ...

The study contrasts long-standing theories and found that contrary to traditional assumptions about friction in earthquakes, changes in friction can be attributed to transitions between different ...

TOKYO -- A potential massive earthquake hitting Tokyo could kill as many as 18,000 people, lower than a casualty estimate made in 2013 but more than the goal set by the government, the latest report ...