The chance of a newly discovered space rock hitting Earth in about eight years was predicted at 1.6 percent last week. Though ...

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said.

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia’s North Maluku province early on February 4 (local time), ...

Japan has experienced three major earthquakes in the past 100 years. In an era of frequent natural disasters, Japan’s unique ...

What can local leaders in LA and in other communities in the US and around the world do in the wake of these extreme events ...

Kasimedu is one of the largest and busiest fishing villages in Chennai, on the south-eastern coast of India. On one side of ...

The odds are about 1% that the football field-sized object could hit the Earth, but that makes it the closest call in more than 20 years.

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia’s eastern province of Aceh on the evening of January 31, according to the country’s Agency for Meteorological, Climatological and ...

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Aceh province, triggering panic among residents still traumatized by the 2004 tsunami.

Within 20 minutes, waves of water began to hit the coasts of surrounding islands. In Indonesia's Aceh province in Northern ...

With the world experiencing a sharp increase in severe weather events because of the climate crisis, there is growing focus ...