Regular tsunamis are destructive, but mega tsunamis are on another level. Could one really reach skyscraper heights? How are they formed, and what would happen if the biggest one ever hit?

A government panel has revised its damage estimate for an anticipated mega-quake in the Nankai Trough off Japan's Pacific ...

Japan’s 2011 tsunami affected both the rich coastal ecosystems of northeastern Japan and the local communities reliant upon them. The destruction to the landscape wreaked by the tsunami that ...

A HUGE 7.1-magnitude earthquake has hit near Tonga and Niue in the Pacific Ocean and prompted a tsunami warning. The US Geological Survey said the temblor hit about 62 miles northeast of the main ...

What will it take to be ready for the next major tsunami? One of the most wrenching signs of the lack of readiness for the tsunami in the Indian Ocean was the enthusiasm of children, as reported ...

Some 3,800 years ago a massive 9.5-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami with waves as high as 20 metres (66 feet) slammed the coastline of Chile’s Atacama Desert, the world’s driest ...

Seismologists have just registered an earthquake in Seward, Alaska, that is big enough to produce a tsunami. The ocean depth is 4,000 meters. Use the wave speed formula to approximate the tsunami ...

The tsunami that struck Japan on Friday brought back memories of the tsunami of 2004 that devastated many parts of Sri Lanka. At the time, the steady destruction of coral reefs around the country was ...