An international team coordinated by French researchers has made a major discovery in the Aegean Sea: the precise identification of the underwater rupture that caused the largest modern tsunami in ...

The tsunami warning affected two provinces and sparked fears over the safety of the two nuclear power plants in the area.

BRITAIN isn’t known as a tsunami hotspot – but it’s been struck by giant and terrifying waves. The biggest that we know of ...

Sirachai Arunrugstichai/Getty Thousands gathered in mourning on Thursday, Dec. 26, to mark two decades since the world’s largest tsunami. On Dec. 26, 2004, in one of the worst natural ...

Thursday marks the 20 th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern history. The Boxing Day quake was one of the largest ever recorded.

On Boxing Day 2004, a monstrous 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck in the Indian ocean, unleashing widespread devastation in the surrounding land. Two decades on, many still reflect on the fateful ...

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off southwestern Japan late on Monday, causing small tsunamis in the area but no major ...

“Now, the Cascadia subduction zone is our biggest tsunami threat on the U.S. West Coast. And we've got really good evidence that it last ruptured in 1700. And the magnitude was probably right ...

While complete failure is expected in the face of extreme events, it’s crucial that certain critical infrastructure, such as power plants, are designed to withstand the biggest tsunamis.

The underwater quake hit around 80 miles off the coast of Honshu, Japan’s biggest island. Hundreds of aftershocks followed in the ensuing weeks — many of which were magnitude 6.0 and stronger. It also ...

While complete failure is expected in the face of extreme events, it's crucial that certain critical infrastructure, such as power plants, are designed to withstand the biggest tsunamis.