The dispatch of the Self-Defense Forces to the earthquake-hit Noto Peninsula has been criticized as piecemeal, but experts say a number of factors worked against a quick response to the disaster ...

A surge in earthquake occurrences this year has shaken up the greater Los Angeles area. Fifteen earthquakes have occurred in ...

The first factor is that the soil is not the same in ... making the soil loose. When an earthquake strikes, it makes that particular soil vulnerable to shaking like jelly, prolongs the earthquake ...

The earthquake struck at a relatively shallow ... This modelling work is based on factors such as the size of the quake, population density and what is known about local construction methods.