The risk of flooding from a major tsunami may be greater than many realized along Monterey County's coastline, California ...

March 11 has been a tough day in the world’s history. On this day in 2011, a major earthquake and a subsequent tsunami caused a nuclear accident in Japan. It was the second worst nuclear accident the ...

INCOIS will conduct a risk assessment at the Tarapur nuclear power plant site, and install an ocean observational network.

On the 12th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, reconstruction has progressed in Miyagi and Iwate prefectures, which were both devastated by the twin disasters. However ...

Victims of the Fukushima nuclear disaster expressed outrage and sadness after the Supreme Court upheld the acquittals of two former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Co., operator of the stricken ...

A major, 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck in the South Pacific Ocean on Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake prompted a brief “Tsunami Threat” for Tonga.

In a worst-case tsunami, parts of Alameda, Oakland and Berkeley could be flooded up to an 18-foot elevation, California officials said in new study.

The decision concludes the only criminal trial to arise from the plant's 2011 tsunami-triggered accident, the world's worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl. Ichiro Takekuro and Sakae Muto ...

The California Geological Survey recently released new maps showing that potential tsunamis increase the threat of flooding in Alameda, Monterey, and San Mateo counties, along with other coastal ...