The disaster killed 15,900 people, with 2,520 people still listed as missing as of the end of February, according to the ...

Locals in coastal areas were ordered to evacuate immediately and see higher ground. Follow Newsweek for live updates.

The USGS shows that five earthquakes rattled the region over the last 24 hours, ranging in strength from magnitude 4.8 to 5.5 ...

A 1,000-foot tsunami crashing into the U.S. might sound like science fiction — but scientists say it’s a very real ...

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake in the Drake Passage has prompted a tsunami warning. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km, ...

An earthquake of preliminary magnitude 7.6 struck off the tip of South America this morning, but does not pose a tsunami ...

The 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the southern Philippines island of Mindanao and prompted a tsunami ...

This year’s Great Washington ShakeOut is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 16, when people across the state will practice ...

The magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Russia, prompting close monitoring in Alaska, Hawaii and the U.S ...

Authorities have identified human remains found in Japan as belonging to a 6-year-old girl missing since the 2011 earthquake ...

The coming “silver tsunami” refers to a growing population of baby boomers aging into retirement. The U.S. Census shows the ...