On New Year’s Day 2024, a powerful earthquake struck Japan’s Noto Peninsula, shaking homes, toppling buildings, and leaving scientists stunned. This video explores why this disaster was so unexpected, ...

The aim of the policy is to enable local governments that will provide support, and the prefectures expected to receive help, to conduct joint disaster drills and other preparations.

Japan's long wait of 15 years for a BSL-4 lab to study deadly viruses got longer after public opposition to the setup at ...

Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

Since many of the damaged houses are traditional, picturesque buildings, concerns are rising that their demolition could ...

The Greek island has a long history of earthquakes, but what is causing the recent series of quakes has scientists perplexed.

Hundreds of small earthquakes that shook Greece's tourist hotspot of Santorini this week have revived concerns about the ...

Japan experiences more earthquakes than any country. But its transit system remains remarkably safe. The bullet train, for example, has never seen a death or serious injury due to an earthquake or ...

The construction ingenuity of Athens' Parthenon has enabled it to miraculously survive natural disasters such as earthquakes.

Two years on from a devastating earthquake that shattered Turkey's southern region, nearly half a million people remain in ...

Two years after the deadliest and most destructive earthquake in modern Turkish history, hundreds of thousands of people ...

Known for their elegant designs, including the Louvre Lens in France, the Rolex Learning Center in Switzerland, and the Grace ...