During the Great Kanto Earthquake, numerous aftershocks followed the main shock. Powerful shaking caused buildings to collapse, started large-scale fires, sent tsunami waves crashing into wide ...

An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 rattled the Caribbean Sea on Saturday evening (local time), US monitoring agencies said. The quake struck north of Honduras, about 130 miles (209 kilometres ...

The institution on Sept. 1 opened a website, Films of the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, with the National Institute of Informatics and plans to release 20 or so films about the temblor by Sept.

Gov. Tina Kotek has proclaimed February Tsunami and Earthquake Awareness Month in Oregon. In the past, Oregon has suffered considerable damage from moderate earthquake events--such as the 1993 Scotts ...

A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean Saturday evening, about 130 miles southwest of the Cayman Islands, which triggered a tsunami advisory that was later canceled. The U.S ...

Daryono, Director of Earthquake and Tsunami at the BMKG, explained that the earthquake was shallow. It occurred because of the movement of rocks where the Indo-Australian Plate slides beneath Sumatra.

A tsunami warning, issued after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean Sea Saturday evening north of Honduras and southwest of the Cayman Islands, was lifted after the tsunami threat ...

A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake has struck the Caribbean Sea triggering tsunami warnings for a number of countries, the US Geological Survey (USGS) has said. Officials say the earthquake’s ...

An estimated magnitude 7.6 earthquake hit the Caribbean Sea on Saturday, north of Honduras, and neighboring islands and countries issued potential tsunami warnings. Tsunami waves up to three ...

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck off the coast of ... which was 81 km (50 miles) deep, had no tsunami potential. There were no immediate reports of damage. Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency ...

A good emergency kit could mean you don't have to go to a shelter after a natural disaster. Here are the basics to build one and how you can do it over time.