BRITAIN isn’t known as a tsunami hotspot – but it’s been struck by giant and terrifying waves. The biggest that we know of saw a wall of water 70 feet high crashing into ...

On Boxing Day 2004, a monstrous 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck in the Indian ocean, unleashing widespread devastation in the ...

Science An international team coordinated by French researchers has made a major discovery in the Aegean Sea: the precise ...

Twenty years after the deadliest wave in recorded history, most oceans have warning systems and communities have learned how best to escape the danger.

With better technology, we could further shorten the time between an earthquake and when the tsunami warning goes out.

On Dec. 26, 2004, in one of the worst natural disasters of the modern era, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake spurred catastrophic ...

One of the deadliest natural disasters in modern history, the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami marks its 20th anniversary on Dec. 26 ...

Hundreds of aftershocks followed in the ensuing weeks — many of which were magnitude 6.0 and stronger. It also caused a series of tsunamis, with the biggest waves hitting Tohoku, a region in north ...