Shinmoedake volcano: Japan's explosive geology explained Shinmoedake volcano: The Shinmoedake cone on the Kirishima mountain range erupted on Sunday, the largest blast from the volcano in 52 years.

Japan's stretch of the Ring of Fire is where the North American, Pacific, Eurasian and Philippine plates come together. Northern Japan is largely on top of the western tip of the North American plate.

Nearly two years after the devastating magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami, researchers are one step closer to figuring out the geology of Japan's incredible natural disaster.

Thursday, April 7 Japan’s northeastern coast was rocked by a 7.1 magnitude earthquake less than a month after being hit by a magnitude 9 earthquake and tsunami. William & Mary Geology Professor Chuck ...

After making its first aerial incursion into Japanese-controlled airspace near disputed islands, China compounded tensions with Japan by bolstering its territorial claims at the United Nations.

The Tohoku earthquake is likely to be the best-studied of all quakes, and the first analyses suggest we may have to rethink how megathrust quakes happen THE Tohoku earthquake that rocked Japan ...

The terrible tsunami that followed Japan’s magnitude 9.1 earthquake in March 2011 was not just caused by the quake alone. An international study shows that a huge underwater landslide, triggered ...

Ocean drilling finds thin, weak layer of clay was behind giant earthquake and tsunami of 2011.

Geology articles for The University of Tokyo (UTokyo), Japan Time frame: 1 March 2024 - 28 February 2025 View topic Count: 9 ...

Ryo Tatsuki, a retired manga artist and the new 'Baba Vanga', had prediction a July 5 volcano eruption in Japan, triggering ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets with the Foreign Ministers of Japan and South Korea in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Japan's newest real estate continues to expand about 600 miles (970 kilometers) south of Tokyo, although it is hardly ready for moving vans. The uninhabited island of Nishino Shima remains the ...