Land topography is usually formed gradually over long periods of time, but sometimes a single event can dramatically change ...

which causes high-rise buildings to sway slowly, marked the largest Level 4 in northern Miyagi Prefecture. The earthquake also cut electricity to more than 2.2 million homes in the Kanto, Tohoku ...

an associate professor at Tohoku University’s International Research Institute of Disaster Science. “This earthquake caused an even greater shaking, which led to significant damage.

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

was the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan, which killed around 20,000 people. That event was triggered by a 9.1 subduction zone earthquake, which caused widespread destruction ...

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

In this paper, we show using simulations from a statistical model that the production impact of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, however, was quite large, with the negative effect of the earthquake ...

The devastating 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that struck Northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011 has caused cracks in the supply chain, through power outages and water shortages, to ripple ...

Just days ahead of the anniversary of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated swathes of northeast Japan, there is growing concern that a new series of moderate quakes off the east ...