Japan faced a massive earthquake, a huge tsunami, and a nuclear meltdown. All things considered, they fared pretty well. Why?

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Japan experiences more earthquakes than any country. But its transit system remains remarkably safe. The bullet train, for ...

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What created the Noto Peninsula landscape we know today? After examining the devastation from the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake, researchers have a theory.

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

A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck in the western Caribbean on Saturday night, prompting a tsunami advisory for the Cayman ...