During a session on catastrophic risk, the National Emergency Management Agency (Nema) detailed its work over the past 18 ...

An earthquake is the sudden movement of Earth’s crust at a fault line. This causes the ground to shake violently and ...

Now, scientists aim to get their clearest picture yet of the complex mechanics of our big-risk Hikurangi Subduction Zone – ...

# To live daily in perpetual fear of the deadly consequences of something that may or may not happen and, anyway, may not affect one individually, is impossible if people are to remain sufficiently ...

The deadliest tsunami to hit Hawaii in modern history was on April 1, 1946, when a magnitude 8.6 earthquake in the Aleutian ...

Real-time data from Axial Seamount off the Oregon coast is providing researchers with a good eruption forecasting test.

The growth in popularity and interest in women's sports heads our list of things we loved about 2024 when it comes to sports ...

Yesterday saw the 20th anniversary of what is arguably the worst natural disaster to happen in modern times; the 6, 2004 ...

On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.2-magnitude earthquake shook the seafloor off Indonesia, sending a 100-foot wall of water to ...

Twenty years ago, a tsunami devastated coastal communities along the Indian Ocean. NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Margarettha Siregar, who helped respond to the disaster in Indonesia.

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

With hundreds of thousands dead, a shortage of body bags and 1.7 million people displaced, the overwhelming devastation caused by the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami remains forever imprinted on the minds of ...