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

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

A breakthrough study has provided the most detailed 3D look yet at the inner workings of the Tonga Subduction Zone, where ...

Japan has more than 400 small, inhabited islands that are uniquely exposed to the risks of natural disasters. In the event of a major earthquake, the islands' inherent isolation and, for some, remote ...

Tectonic plates move, causing strain energy to build up, and that energy eventually releases in the form of an earthquake. As ...

Japanese precision equipment maker Shimadzu Corp. said Wednesday ... and it could find practical applications in areas such ...

The Antarctic Meteorite Collection at the National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR) in Japan has been recognized as a ...

File photo taken in July 1993 shows the Aonae district in the southern part of Okushiri Island burning after an earthquake ...

In the journal Chaos, researchers in Japan explore the likelihood that Earth’s climate, as affected by solar heat, plays a role in seismic activity. Using mathematical and computational methods, they ...

The Blue Ghost mission to the moon has deployed one its NASA instruments, drilling into the moon's surface to collect ...