Japan is facing the risk of a possible "megaquake" in the near future, following a 7.1-magnitude earthquake that occurred off the southern coast on Thursday. If such a megaquake were to occur, it ...

The biggest, baddest waves aren’t born that ... Unlike the waves we enjoy at the beach, tsunami waves don’t break because they don’t get steep enough. Energy distributed throughout the ...

The USGS issued a tsunami warning for waves of 1 to 3 meters along the Papua New Guinea coastline after the temblor on Saturday morning local time. A caution about smaller waves of 0.3 m was ...

This includes 215,000 deaths caused by tsunami waves exceeding 30m (98ft) in some areas. The Nankai Trough is a deep ocean trench formed by the boundary of two tectonic plates, which is hit by a ...

People stand near the site of a collapsed building after a strong earthquake struck central Myanmar. Tremors were felt as far away as Bangkok According to preliminary reports, the first noon ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech ... The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii issued an alert saying hazardous waves could be possible, but later said there was no ...

A 60 centimeter tsunami struck Hachijojima Island, and 50-centimeter tsunami waves hit the islands of Kozushima and Miyakejima. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, which has jurisdiction ...

The same insights could also eventually be used to reduce the risks of tsunamis by making them smaller. In addition, in a second new paper we show how underwater waves can be used to improve today ...

A tsunami warning has been issued for Papua New Guinea after a strong 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck the Pacific island nation.

It also caused a series of tsunamis, with the biggest waves hitting Tohoku, a region in north Japan, where 33-foot-high waves hit the city of Sendai. The tsunami caused a major incident at the ...