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Land topography is usually formed gradually over long periods of time, but sometimes a single event can dramatically change ...

A record-breaking deep earthquake registered in May 2015 offshore of Japan likely was not a tectonic event but triggered by a ...

Japan experiences more earthquakes than any country. But its transit system remains remarkably safe. The bullet train, for example, has never seen a death or serious injury due to an earthquake or ...

More information: Yo Fukushima et al, Landscape changes caused by the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake in Japan, Science Advances (2024). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adp9193 ...

What created the Noto Peninsula landscape we know today? After examining the devastation from the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake, researchers have a theory.

Geologists have classified these repeated quakes as an "earthquake swarm". Swarms are commonly observed in volcanic regions like Japan, Iceland, and central Italy, often preceding volcanic eruptions.