Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In light of the recent tsunami and earthquake news – re: the 8.8-magnitude tremor that struck off the Russian coast, sending ...

A new study claims that an 80-100-foot-wide layer of clay exacerbated the 2011 earthquake.

A massive tsunami generated by a magnitude-9.1 earthquake struck Japan's coast within 30 minutes. Waves as high as 130 feet spilled over seawalls. Within days, three nuclear reactors were disabled.

A thick layer of slippery clay on the ocean floor may have formed the weak spot that enabled a magnitude 9.1 quake to make ...

Since 2011, scientists have been puzzled about the force resulting from a gigantic earthquake and tsunami that destroyed, among other things, Japan's Fukushima Nuclear Plant. Now, a Guinness World ...

At 2:46 p.m. Tokyo time, Japan was hit with what early news reports are calling the most powerful earthquake in a century. An 8.9 magnitude quake occurring about 230 miles northeast of Tokyo set off ...

The human tragedies and environmental consequences of Japan’s most powerful earthquake in 2011, which caused a disaster at Fukushima nuclear plant A worker dons protective clothing to guard against ...

A new study from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean has partly revealed why the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami were so devastating—and how scientists may be able to better understand intense disasters ...