Scientists warn that the Cascadia Subduction Zone is capable of unleashing a massive 9.2 earthquake and tsunami that could cripple the Pacific Northwest. This video explains why the region is ...

The presentation focused on two scenarios that pose the greatest risk to the area: a distant tsunami generated by an earthquake in the Pacific Ocean, and a local tsunami caused by a significant ...

In a remote Alaskan bay, a massive landslide triggered a tsunami unlike anything ever recorded. The wave surged up the surrounding mountainsides, reaching a staggering height of more than 1,700 feet ...

Geologists from Heriot-Watt are part of an international research team that has confirmed why the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake off ...

When Ichiro Kawachi established a cohort study in Iwanuma, Japan, in 2010, he thought he would be researching the predictors ...

Like many other regions in the Global South, Aceh’s vulnerability can be traced back to colonialism. Post-colonial development continues to reinforce it.

Abstract: Tsunamis triggered by large earthquakes have become a major concern in Japan in recent years, as these disasters cause long-term inundation and severe damage in coastal regions. In such ...

On July 29, 2025, the world’s sixth biggest recorded earthquake struck Russia, triggering a tsunami whose waves reached as far as the U.S.’s West Coast. Data from an unexpected source—space—has shed ...

The number of people killed by flash floods after Cyclone Senyar made landfall over Sumatra on Nov. 26 increased to 1,059 on Dec. 18. In Pidie Jaya district, on the north coast of the semi-autonomous ...

A magnitude-5.7 earthquake struck about 67 miles northeast of Kuji, Japan, on Wednesday, rattling coastal communities just days after authorities issued a tsunami warning for the region after a 7.6 ...

Japan issued a megaquake advisory Tuesday after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Aomori, the northernmost prefecture of Japan’s main island of Honshu, and just south of the ...

HONOLULU (Island News) -- The Oahu Department of Emergency Management reports that a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the Hokkaido region of Japan early this morning. According to a Tsunami Information ...