The aviation color code over the area has been changed from green to yellow as a precaution, the Icelandic meteorological ...

Japan's nuclear plants faced global scrutiny after the devastating 2011 tsunami triggered by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake.

Southern Japan was hit by a strong earthquake on Monday that authorities said did not warrant the kind of megaquake warning that was triggered for the first time last year.

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Plates at subduction zones typically move just a few centimeters per year. But when accumulated stress at these convergent ...

A nearly 7.0 earthquake rocked southern Japan on Monday with no reports of damage to the two nuclear power plants in the area ...

LITTLE HAITI — It's been 15 years since one of the worst natural disasters happened in modern history. The devastating 2010 ...

Tibet's earthquake of magnitude 6.8 that killed 126 and damaged four water reservoirs this week highlights the risks from a hydropower building spree by Asian giants China and India in one of the ...