New research shows that a fragile clay layer beneath the Japan Trench played a key role in the extreme seafloor movement ...

Earthquakes can shake areas much farther than expected, defying the simple rule that distance equals less shaking. Old, cold rock in the eastern US transmits seismic energy better than warmer, ...

New research from MIT reveals that earthquakes can reverse direction, striking the same area twice, a phenomenon now termed ...

Fifteen years ago, Michiyo Miyake, now living in Sydney, experienced the Great East Japan Earthquake in Tokyo. Drawing on her experiences—the shaking she felt in a department store basement, going ...