In a worst-case tsunami, parts of Alameda, Oakland and Berkeley could be flooded up to an 18-foot elevation, California officials said in new study.

The risk of flooding from a major tsunami may be greater than many realized along California’s coastline, state officials ...

The risk of flooding from a major tsunami may be greater than many realized along Monterey County's coastline, California officials said in new study.

Professor SAKURAI Aiko of the Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies has a unique background, pursuing a career ...

we formed a team with experts in earthquake engineering, geography and other fields to work on our shared vision of developing the exercise of creating a “recovery map.” We began the activity ...

Photo / Niwa Scientists are probing giant landslide sites off New Zealand’s east coast — and the undersea trench that unleashed Japan’s 2011 Tohoku disaster — to learn more about our ...

ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi Prefecture--This coastal city has been transformed, courtesy of a massive injection in government reconstruction spending following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster that ...

It all began on March 11, 2011, when the most powerful earthquake ever, known as the Great East Japan Earthquake or the 2011 Tohoku earthquake ... than 18,000 people and wiping entire towns off the ...