Earthquakes have shaped the planet’s geography and influenced human history in profound ways. Among these natural events, one ...

Japan is facing the risk of a possible "megaquake" in the near future, following a 7.1-magnitude earthquake that occurred off the southern coast on Thursday. If such a megaquake were to occur, it ...

A magnitude-9.2 earthquake — one of the largest on record — triggered a massive underwater landslide, which generated a deadly tsunami with wave heights over 220 feet (67 meters) locally.

Tsunamis are actually a series of waves, but are catagorized by the magnitude of the largest wave of the set. There are two types of tsunamis: Local and Teletsunamis. Local tsunamis are waves ...

It was the largest quake ever known in Japan ... This video is from a Japan Coast Guard ship, confronting a tsunami wave in shallow water on March 11th. And a rare view from the air: video ...

(Knowing when it's safe to return after a local quake is something still needing research, Bernard says, but as a benchmark, in the 2004 event tsunami waves pummeled the Sumatran coast for 12 ...

The 9.5 magnitude earthquake in Chile, the largest recorded in the 20th century, set off a tsunami that battered the South American coastline for over 4,000 kilometres with waves up to 25 metres high.

Tsunamis (pronounced soo-ná-mees), also known as seismic sea waves (mistakenly called "tidal waves"), are a series of enormous waves created by an underwater disturbance such as an earthquake ...

This project was conducted by the Tsunami Vulnerability Consultant Group on behalf ... Tides and time of day are random and the largest wave is expected to cause run-ups of over 20m in depth. Bridges ...