Many popular vacation destinations, like California, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Thailand and the Caribbean are in active quake ...

A major 6.0 earthquake hit Japan's Kyushu on Wednesday evening, days after Myanmar and Thailand witnessed dramatic tremors of ...

In the worst-case scenario, the disaster could cause damages reaching $1.83 trillion, destroy 2.35 million buildings, and ...

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A Japanese national may have been among hundreds of people who were inside an apartment building when it collapsed in the ...

The Japanese government has warned of catastrophic economic damage and nearly 300,000 deaths when the next "megaquake" hits the archipelagic nation, according to a new estimation released on Monday.

The Japan Meteorological Agency said that the earthquake struck at 7.34 (local time) at a depth of 40km. The earthquake comes days after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake flattened buildings across ...

The Valdivian Earthquake, or the Great Chilean Earthquake, is the largest on record. It measured in at a magnitude of 9.5.

Seeing vacant buildings and houses in disrepair in Japan is becoming more commonplace with the aging and decline of the coun ...

The highest level of Japan's seven-number scale will make it impossible for people to remain standing, while buildings that have low resistance to earthquakes will collapse, according to the Japan ...