In light of the recent tsunami and earthquake news – re: the 8.8-magnitude tremor that struck off the Russian coast, sending tsunami warnings across the Pacific Ocean – the threat of tectonic shifts ...

In 2011, Japan suffered one of the worst environmental disasters in modern history. A magnitude 9.0 struck under the Pacific Ocean, 72 km east of the Oshika Peninsula of the Tōhoku region of Japan.

The 2011 tsunami that struck Japan was one of the most powerful in recorded history. Now, scientists have found it sent hundreds of marine species across a transoceanic voyage from Japan to the US.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Google released satellite images revealing the devastation in Minamisoma-Kashima caused by the March 11 tsunami and earthquake. The satellite ...

On March 11, 2011, a nearly 50-foot tsunami overwhelmed Japan’s coastal defenses, exposing the limits of seawalls built for ...

Google released satellite images revealing the devastation in Watari caused by the March 11 tsunami and earthquake. The satellite images are available on Google Earth and Google Maps. Watari 2005.

These are marine sea slugs from a derelict Japanese vessel that washed ashore in Oregon in April 2015. Image via John Chapman. EarthSky tees are back! A percentage of the proceeds donated to selected ...

According to a Japanese proverb, "a natural disaster always strikes when the last one is forgotten." Japan is a country with a long history of disastrous earthquakes and tsunamis. Sitting above the ...

Kenichi Kurosawa clung precariously to a tree as the water rose around him, entirely flooding the roads below. For almost six minutes on March 11, 2011, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake – the worst to ever ...

When a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and the devastating tsunami that followed struck Japan's north-eastern coast in March 2011, entire towns were swept away, nearly 20,000 people were killed or went ...