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

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

The earthquake causes a tsunami with 30-foot waves that damage several nuclear reactors in the area. It is the largest earthquake ever to hit Japan. The combined total of confirmed deaths and ...

A powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean Sea near the Cayman Islands, triggering tsunami warnings across multiple nations. Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Cuba, Jamaica, and ...

Japan has restarted 14 reactors in the last decade to meet growing demand for power in the world’s fourth-biggest economy.

Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

Deep-sea oarfish and anglerfish sightings near shores fuel speculation about impending disasters, but scientists remain ...

A nerve-wracking situation for the crew of a freighter off the coast of Japan. The ship, loaded with cars, was shaken by high waves - fortunately the valuable cargo was well secured.

After the Great East Japan Earthquake struck on March ... arrival time had passed or that the waves wouldn’t reach their location. The tsunami observation network in Japan has since been ...

The Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011, which spawned the giant tsunami that triggered the ... measuring the initial P-waves when an earthquake strikes. Agency computers collate the ...