A survivor of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami has recalled the moment he was awoken by "screaming and shouting" – two decades on ...

A preliminary 3.0 magnitude earthquake struck near Clayton in Contra Costa County late Tuesday night, according to the United ...

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Experts said they were “blind” to the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004. Twenty years later, working toward a world without tsunami deaths is a challenge.

Scientists have a new method for studying faults that could improve earthquake forecasts, shedding light on where quakes ...

The quake's aftermath included famine, disease, and societal upheaval. (Representative Image) Imagine a day when a single natural disaster claims nearly one million lives-a true apocalypse.

Scientists have a new method for studying faults that could improve earthquake forecasts, shedding light on where quakes start, how they spread, and where the biggest impacts might be.

past disasters fading from memory until the next big one hits. “It’s like a time-bomb,” says Jackson. The earthquakes that shook Turkey and Syria in 2023 were even bigger than the Bam quake ...

The year 2024 has been marked by significant natural disasters that have impacted communities across the globe. These events, ...

NEW MADRID FAULT (MO-AR-KY-TN) — On this day in 1811, the natural disaster that became known as the New Madrid Earthquakes of ...

Boxing Day 2004 produced one of the most devastating disasters the world has seen when a massive tsunami in the Indian Ocean hit Asia.