The 28 March magnitude 7.7 Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar) earthquake caused widespread and severe damage in Myanmar and neighboring countries such as Thailand, with more than 5,000 casualties now confirmed ...

FEMA and NOAA officials are being forced to skip major hurricane and flood conferences ahead of disaster season because of Trump administration restrictions on travel for federal employees ...

It can provide a reference for geological disaster monitoring, preparation of post-disaster emergency measures, and highway planning. Using the GDM, this study investigates the development and ...

The Nankai Trough, an undersea trench stretching approximately 800 kilometers (500 miles) from Shizuoka, west of Tokyo, to the southern tip of Kyushu island, is a geological feature formed at the ...

Investigating this region’s geology can help scientists better understand local geologic hazards and prepare for future natural disasters. For example, analyzing the geologic history can uncover a ...

The US Geological Survey said the quake hit about 100 kilometres (62 miles) northeast of the main island in the early hours of Monday local time. According to the Talanoa o Tonga news site ...

The quake, which had a magnitude of 7.7 according to the US Geological Survey ... daylight hours care for acute trauma and non-trauma presentations and referrals, the DOH said.

Japan has released a report detailing countermeasures to be taken if Mount Fuji were to erupt and release vast amounts of volcanic ash across the east of the country, including Tokyo. While there ...

Fukushima. Three Mile Island. Chernobyl. Places that will forever be remembered as the sites of nuclear disasters. Most people will have heard of them. But fewer are aware of the Windscale fire.

Abstract: The complexity and suddenness of secondary geological disasters make it difficult to predict the risks in advance. Therefore, implementing rapid and sustainable monitoring of these hazards ...