Basic services have yet to be restored to the areas of Myanmar worst hit by a huge earthquake three weeks ago, and emergency workers recovering bodies and clearing debris are contending with regular ...

An urgent tsunami alert has been issued for Papua New Guinea after an earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale - the US Geological Survey warned of large three-metre waves ...

Fundraising activities have begun in Japan in response to the deadly 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck central Myanmar, ...

Neighbouring Thailand was also rocked by the earthquake, with eight people killed in the capital Bangkok, after a 33-storey ... Day tsunami of 2004 or the Tohoku tsunami of 2011.