New research shows that a fragile clay layer beneath the Japan Trench played a key role in the extreme seafloor movement during the 2011 earthquake.

The 1960 Great Chilean Earthquake was so powerful it triggered global tsunamis, months of aftershocks, and even slightly ...

A 4.6-magnitude earthquake was reported in the US.

That is the plight of Sri Lanka, which since November has been recovering from Cyclone Ditwah. An inexperienced ...

Pacific's new era -- where perception shapes reality faster than treaties -- the real entrapment is not of China or the ...

Two days ahead of a meeting of European Union heads of state and government in Brussels, the French president calls on the 27 member states, in an interview with Le Monde and several other European ...

From severe storms to tornadoes, natural disaster statistics reveal that disasters are occurring more frequently and with ...

BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-The price of maize has seen it being lower than the price of the commodity in the previous month of January and April. It is now lower by 2 percent than the price of K1,300 per ...

Nigerian lawmakers have made a sharp U-turn, approving the live electronic publication of election results after a wave of public backlash. Just last week, the Senate had rejected a proposal that ...

The Calcutta High Court said that the administration failed to provide evidence that the compensation scheme was legally ...