A calm guide to preparing your home and family before an earthquake, so you can avoid common injuries and act with confidence when shaking starts.

An earthquake while driving is frightening but survivable. Learn how to stop safely, stay put, and avoid the greatest road hazards.

Being outdoors in an earthquake can be safer, if you move correctly. Learn where to go and how to avoid falling objects in open space.

Children are especially vulnerable in earthquakes. Learn how calm, quick adult action gives them the best chance of staying safe.

Nuclear emergencies bring dangers you cannot see. Learn the clear, practical actions that help protect you and your family from radiation.

Cities and rural areas face very different disaster challenges. Learn how location shapes evacuation, rescue, and the survival plan you need.

The story of Operation Tomodachi, the U.S. relief mission after Japan's 2011 disaster, and what it shows about international cooperation.

How isolation, winter cold, and collapsed roads turned the Noto Peninsula Earthquake into a humanitarian crisis, and what it teaches us.

Revisit the 2011 magnitude 9.0 quake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis in Japan, and the lasting lessons it taught global disaster preparedness.

Sometimes staying indoors is far safer than going out. Learn when shelter-in-place orders apply and how to protect your home during them.