A new study claims that an 80-100-foot-wide layer of clay exacerbated the 2011 earthquake.

The earthquake that killed tens of thousands of people and led to the Fukushima nuclear shutdown was amplified by a soft layer of slippery clay, according to a new study. The layer is only around ...

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In this week's Science for All newsletter, Divya Gandhi explains the origins of the devastating 2011 Japan earthquake.

A thin, soft and slippery layer of clay-rich mud embedded in rock below the seafloor intensified the 2011 Japan earthquake ...

At 2:46 p.m. Tokyo time, Japan was hit with what early news reports are calling the most powerful earthquake in a century. An 8.9 magnitude quake occurring about 230 miles northeast of Tokyo set off ...

A new study from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean has partly revealed why the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami were so devastating—and how scientists may be able to better understand intense disasters ...