Tsunamis can be triggered as secondary disasters following megathrust earthquakes, with their intensity largely dependent on the magnitude of shallow seismic ruptures. Historically, considerable ...

After a series of earthquakes rocked California last week, a scientist has warned that the Golden State isn't the only area ...

The submarine volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai, which is located about 65 kilometers north of Nuku'alofa, caused a tsunami of 1.2 meters, reported the Australian Bureau of Meteorology.

A total of 74 children and 10 teachers died at Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, in the tsunami spawned by the magnitude-9.0 Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11 ...

The operator of the Fukushima nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), began the dismantling of the treated ...

There was little sleep in the days leading up to Jan. 15.Dozens of teenage baseball players across the Dominican ...

The rare oarfish was found washed up on the Canary Islands, but that did not stop social media become worried a natural ...

Japan has spent decades making its buildings more resilient to earthquakes. Similar changes could be difficult for the US to ...

Scientists know that natural disasters have negative health effects on survivors, but long-term observations are lacking. To help fill this gap, a research team has investigated the connection between ...