Four centuries on, scientists are still debating whether the catastrophic flood of 1607 was driven by a storm surge or a ...

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

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 ...

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, ...

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 magnitude 6.5 earthquake was reported just outside the coastal city of Acapulco, Mexico, Friday morning. The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake occurred 2.5 miles north-northwest of Rancho ...

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 ...

MEXICO CITY -- A strong earthquake rattled southern and central Mexico on Friday, interrupting President Claudia Sheinbaum 's first press briefing of the new year as seismic alarms sounded and leaving ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The front page of the Deseret News on Dec. 29, 1908, as reports of a devastating earthquake-tsunami the day before took more than ...

A 6.6-magnitude earthquake has struck just off the coast of Taiwan on Dec. 27, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake's epicenter was about 20 miles east of Yilan County, Taiwan, and it ...