Yue-Jun Yin

Ten years ago, on March 11, 2011, an M9.0 megathrust earthquake and a devastating tsunami struck Japan.

In 2017 the Tubbs Fire destroyed more than 5,600 structures, but a wildfire that occurred in the same area in 1964—the Hanley Fire—only destroyed about 100 homes and cabins.

No stranger to wildfire, Butte County, California, has experienced 34 fires greater than 1,000 acres since 1984.

With record-setting wildfire losses in 2017, and losses steadily increasing year over year, what more can—or must—be done to reduce the detrimental impact of wildfires?

Who can forget the dramatic images of the Yun Men Tsui Ti building in Hualian, Taiwan, leaning at an angle of 40° after the M6.4 earthquake that struck north of Hualian on February 6?

The team arrived in Mexico City a week after the M7.1 earthquake struck the central Mexican state of Puebla.