The “megathrust” earthquake’s undersea magnitude was 9.0, recorded as one of the worst in Japan’s history. It began on the Pacific seabed 45 miles away from the eastern coast of Japan, as reported by ...

Japan’s new earthquake-detection network lengthens warning times, and researchers in Wales have harnessed nuclear blast ...

If the ocean floor had a nervous system, it might look something like this: thousands of miles of fiber-optic cables ...

Though the earthquake that struck Japan's eastern coast earlier today has left the country with massive destruction and hundreds of deaths, modern technology (and Japan's impressive level of ...

Japan is the country with the most earthquakes recorded, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Since 2010, there have been more than 10,000 earthquakes in and around Japan, according to data ...

It was founded in 2005 but has caught on after the March 11, 2011 Tohoku earthquake. It consists of a sensor network, an air compressor and an artificial second foundation beneath the home’s ...

As fantastical as a home levitation system may seem, Air Danshin claims that the technology is not only effective, but also 1/3 cheaper than many other earthquake-proofing systems out there ...

Architects and engineers across the world have been working toward creating earthquake-resistant buildings for years, and some have succeeded. A Facebook post shared April 21 highlights technology a ...