Discover the science behind Hawaii's gradual shift towards Japan, why it's happening, and how fast these changes are taking ...

A study found that tectonic plates beneath the Chishima Trench are not slipping past each other but appear to be locked ...

The cause of the potential earthquake is the movement of two tectonic plates: the Philippine Sea plate is slowly slipping beneath the continental plate that Japan sits on. As these plates move ...

Suddenly, I heard a deep thud, like someone had pounded a huge Japanese drum, and with it, the earth under my feet and the world around me shook. Puzzled, I looked behind, around, below at the ...