The tsunami was 60 centimeters (2 feet) high in deep water 2 hours after formation, and 24 meters (79 feet) when it reached ...

The Seismological Society of America will present its highest honor, the 2026 Harry Fielding Reid Medal, to Peter Shearer, professor of geophysics at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of ...

By Aida Greenbury It was 27 December 2004. I was sitting at my computer in my office in Jakarta, Indonesia, my mind busy with plans for the New Year party I had organized with friends in the city, ...

A traveller journeys across Southeast Asia to trace Suvarnabhumi, following ancient Indian sea routes through food, faith, ruins and forgotten empires.

JAKARTA, INDONESIA: A claim has been circulating on social media suggesting that the devastating 2004 tsunami that wrecked the Indian Ocean was not caused by a natural earthquake, but because of a ...

The Indonesian government has revoked the permits of 28 companies over environmental violations that authorities say ...

For decades, researchers thought that an October 1843 earthquake on the small Greek island of Chalke caused a powerful ...

AND WE ARE FOLLOWING SOME BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. AN EARTHQUAKE SHOOK THE MILFORD AREA OVERNIGHT. ACCORDING TO THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, THE QUAKE WAS CENTERED ABOUT A MILE NORTH WEST NORTHWEST ...

A strong earthquake rattled southern and central Mexico on Friday, killing at least two people and injuring several. Officials said there did not appear to be major damage from the quake. The U.S.

The earthquake's epicentre was located in Shimane Prefecture. Multiple earthquakes, including one at 6.2 magnitude, struck western Japan late Tuesday morning local time, centered in Shimane Prefecture ...

A small earthquake was detected near a scenic North Carolina town in the Blue Ridge Mountains on Saturday, federal seismologists reported. The 1.7 magnitude earthquake registered at 1:06 a.m. about 4 ...

A 6.5 magnitude earthquake shook the Mexican state of Guerrero in the southern part of the country on Friday, Jan. 2, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake saw a depth of 35 ...