Christmas in 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake triggered tsunami waves that killed some 230,000 people across a dozen ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

“The Big One” refers to a massive earthquake that is anticipated to cause catastrophic destruction. This fear is commonly discussed along the San Andreas fault line in California ...

An earthquake took place 1.2 miles east of Hana on Thursday. Hawaii Volcano Observatory/Courtesy photo An earthquake took place close to East Maui at 8:44 p.m. Thursday. “I felt a quick boom and ...