A new study corrects the recorded depth of an earthquake in Japan, revealing that it was not the deepest in history.

Martin Wieland and Trevor Matuschka, explain why the earthquake safety of dams is a key prerequisite for sustainable dams ...

That evening came to mind recently as I read a New Yorker article by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Kolbert, which ...

On average, from the point of view of the sun, the Earth completes one full rotation around its axis every 24 hours or 86,400 seconds, give or take a few milliseconds. A millisecond (ms) is 0.001 of a ...

Recent volcanic activity across the Pacific Ring of Fire has raised alarms among scientists and volcanologists, with several volcanoes experiencing heightened eruptions and seismic tremors. The Ring ...

A tsunami warning has been issued for south Alaska after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck on Wednesday. Follow Newsweek's live blog.

A Japanese man was sentenced Wednesday to three and a half years in prison in China on espionage charges, according to the ...