Regular tsunamis are destructive, but mega tsunamis are on another level. Could one really reach skyscraper heights? How are ...

Tsunamis can be triggered as secondary disasters following megathrust earthquakes, with their intensity largely dependent on the magnitude of shallow seismic ruptures. Historically, considerable ...

With reports swirling of harassed geisha, parking-spot punch-ons and tourist litter killing sacred deer, it’s no wonder some locals are worried about preserving their way of life – though others view ...

That’s essentially the advice Japan’s government had for the wave of Aussie tourists flooding into its heaving hotspots this holiday season. Obviously, they put it more politely than that.

Both states were inundated with a 55-foot-tall wave, flooding ... years ago unleashed a tsunami over 50 feet high that barreled over the states and reached as far as Japan. Although the San ...

Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

The rare oarfish was found washed up on the Canary Islands, but that did not stop social media become worried a natural disaster could be imminent ...

A total of 74 children and 10 teachers died at Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, in the tsunami spawned by the magnitude-9.0 Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11 ...

The submarine volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai, which is located about 65 kilometers north of Nuku'alofa, caused a tsunami of 1.2 meters, reported the Australian Bureau of Meteorology.

The operator of the Fukushima nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), began the dismantling of the treated ...