After a magnitude 5.2 earthquake rattled Southern California Monday morning shortly after 10 a.m., the National Weather Service immediately issued an alert about whether a tsunami would follow.

Japan's devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami were not expected by scientists, ... Until now, researchers had not been able to estimate the magnitude of the 869 earthquake.

In The Wall Street Journal, Information Age columnist Gordon Crovitz writes that after Japan, we need to learn how to live with new technologies and new uncertainties.

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Tonga early Monday morning, prompting a tsunami warning that has since been lifted. The U.S. Geological Survey said that the earthquake hit about ...

A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the southern coasts of Chile and Argentina on Friday, triggering a tsunami warning, but no damage was reported. Latest U.S.

1-year-old girl found alive under debris from tsunami in Indonesia 02:00. PALU, Indonesia -- The death toll from the devastating earthquake and tsunami on Indonesia's Sulawesi island neared 2,000 ...

An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 occurred on Saturday in the Caribbean Sea, according to the US Geological Survey, sparking a tsunami advisory. The tremor hit 129 miles southwest of ...

When the Great East Japan Earthquake hit Tohoku on March 11 last year, ... 869 Tohoku tsunami parallels stun Research team's efforts set precedent to add history to other quake-study disciplines.

As another major quake struck Japan, the country was still reckoning with the nuclear crisis triggered by the 8.9-magnitude earthquake and a tsunami of 13 years ago.

After a magnitude 5.2 earthquake rattled Southern California Monday morning shortly after 10 a.m., the National Weather Service immediately issued an alert about whether a tsunami would follow.

Japan's prime minister has said the government will continue to help rebuild the lives of people affected by the country's devastating earthquake and tsunami 10 years ago. At 2.46 pm, the exact ...

Nature - Tohoku quake's predecessor. Japan's Sendai region, which was devastated by a magnitude-9 earthquake and a tsunami in 2011, experienced similar events in AD 869 — and such disasters ...