A POWERFUL magnitude 6.9 earthquake has rattled Papua New Guinea, triggering a tsunami warning for coastal areas. The shallow ...

The earth's upper layer is split into different sections, called tectonic plates, which are all moving constantly ... the ...

Powerful earthquakes rocked Myanmar, shaking Bangkok and toppling a high-rise. With tsunami fears looming, how do quakes ...

Earthquakes and tsunamis are often portrayed as the villains of natural disasters, leaving destruction in their wake. But ...

The territory participated in a hypothetical simulation based on a “Portugal Scenario” earthquake that could generate large tsunami waves across Caribbean islands, including the USVI. (Photo courtesy ...

According to the USGS, tsunamis have occurred in the United States and are likely to occur again. U.S. coastlines have been affected mostly, particularly along the Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and ...

Scientists have recently detailed how automation and machine learning can aid clinicians treating patients with spreading depolarizations, sometimes referred to as 'brain tsunamis.' A University ...

Prehistoric Site of Akrotiri, Santorini (Thera) Credit: Klearchos Kapoutsis. CC BY 2.0/flickr McCoy was apparently convinced that huge waves, or tsunamis, had been triggered by the volcano. He thinks ...

Japan on Tuesday marked 14 years since a devastating earthquake and tsunami rocked the country's northeast, triggering a nuclear crisis, with residents in one of the hardest-hit areas again reeling ...

Japan is marking the 13th anniversary of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which also sparked off the tragic ... offshore, found that tectonic plates beneath the trench are not slipping past each other ...

TOKYO -- Families of people killed in the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami visited beaches and memorial cenotaphs in Japan's northeastern Tohoku region on Tuesday to pray for the souls of the ...

March 11 has been a tough day in the world’s history. On this day in 2011, a major earthquake and a subsequent tsunami caused a nuclear accident in Japan. It was the second worst nuclear accident the ...