Get key tips on Mexico tsunami preparedness to help coastal communities from Oaxaca to Mazatlán prepare, act fast and stay safe when tsunamis strike.

Discover the awe-inspiring and often terrifying phenomena of mega tsunamis and underwater avalanches. Beneath the seemingly calm waters of the ocean, enormous forces are at play, capable of triggering ...

On December 26, 2004, at 7:58 a.m. Western Indonesian Time, the world was struck by one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history,the Aceh Tsunami. What began as an ordinary day for ...

If the ocean floor had a nervous system, it might look something like this: thousands of miles of fiber-optic cables ...

Japan’s new earthquake-detection network lengthens warning times, and researchers in Wales have harnessed nuclear blast ...

Geologists discover that a huge prehistoric tsunami carried amber from coastal forests to deep waters in Japan 115 million ...

In a scientific first, researchers have tracked the elusive motion of a rare variety of earthquake during a seismic event along a major fault zone on the ocean floor.

A rare roll cloud was seen passing over several beaches in Portugal on Sunday, June 29. The phenomenon features a cloud that ...

Like many Sri Lankans, Sadani Mary vividly recalls how she and her family survived the horrific devastation caused by the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004. Mary, 53, from Western Province, cannot forget ...

The Indian Ocean tsunami stripped vegetation along the northern Sumatra coast. This shows Lhoknga near Banda Aceh where peak water heights exceeded 100 feet. (Jose Borerro/Contributed) ...

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 ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Thursday to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami hit the region in one ...