The long-term consequences of disasters are often understudied once media attention shifts to newer crises elsewhere.

Japan, a country long scarred by earthquakes, typhoons and floods, has lost countless lives to disaster. Those bitter lessons ...

Throughout history, Japan and Turkey have both suffered massive earthquakes. Groups from the two nations recently met to share what they've learned from the disasters and how to reduce risk in the ...

In April 2012, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle was found on Graham Island in the Haida Gwaii archipelago off the coast of British Columbia. It belonged to Ikuo Yokoyama, a survivor of the earthquake and ...

After the 6.7-magnitude Northridge earthquake rattled Southern California, scientists realized just how much preparedness can save lives. CBS LA's Jamie Yuccas talks to Dr. Lucy Jones about the ...

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Nearly one year after two devastating earthquakes impacted more than eight million people in Nepal, deadly earthquakes have hit both Japan and Ecuador this past week highlighting the need for urgent ...

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Today marks the 25th anniversary of the powerful Nisqually earthquake, a magnitude 6.8 temblor that shook Western Washington and left lasting changes in how the ...

More than a decade after one of the worst natural disasters of our time, people in Japan are still living under the threat of ...

Preface / by A. Elena Charola and Robert J. Koestler -- 1. Back to back : the earthquake and hurricane of 2011 / G. Wayne Clough -- 2. 2011 seismic activity quakes the Smithsonian : the impact on ...