The Indonesian government plans to strengthen domestic housing construction standards to mitigate the impact of potential ...

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.1 struck near Lobuche, Nepal, early on Tuesday morning at 6:35 AM (IST), with tremors ...

For more modern historians, newspapers are one of the best resources. What can we glean from Alaska life by a look at the ...

Commemorating 20 years since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the deadliest in history, and its enduring legacy.

Japan is, unfortunately, known as a “disaster-prone country” due to repeatedly being hit by natural disasters like ...

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there is no tsunami threat to Guam or the Northern Marianas from an earthquake in the Vanuatu Islands. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded an earthquake ...

On the morning after Christmas Day in 2004, the coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, was filled with thousands of people ...

Just a few weeks before, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) engendered a news earthquake in the real estate sector with the revelation of 753 duplexes linked with former Central Bank ...

This week marks 20 years since one of the worst natural disasters in modern history. In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the island of Sumatra in western Indonesia triggered a tsunami in the ...

Understanding of the Sumatran subduction zone and its hazards has increased since the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and ...

Twenty years ago, on Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean triggered a tsunami with waves up to ...