A 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar and Thailand has left at least 144 people dead and over 700 injured. India's Himalayan ...

Your phone blares, "Earthquake!" The voice instructs you to duck, cover, and hold on. About 30 seconds later, the shaking ...

The magnitude 7.7 earthquake was powerful, shallow and in a heavily populated region with vulnerable buildings.

The junta said in a statement that a state of emergency was in effect in six of the worst-affected areas: Sagaing, Mandalay, ...

Video shows a huge high-rise swaying during the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck Thailand and Myanmar on. Captured by ...

Up to 6,200 people could die in Tokyo should a mega-earthquake occur directly beneath it, the Tokyo metropolitan government said in its first review of anticipated damage in 10 years. It ...

At least 1.45 million vacant wooden homes are located in areas vulnerable to severe shaking in long-expected mega-earthquakes, creating a potential hazard for rescue and recovery operations ...

Japan's Meteorological Agency issued a mega-earthquake advisory on Aug 8, following a magnitude 7.1 temblor that rocked the western Kyushu region on the same day. What does the advisory mean?

A new study in Japan has taken a look at estimates for long-term economic damage in the event of a mega earthquake. The Japan Society of Civil Engineers says it would be devastating. Its report ...

This week, it makes far more sense to test an aspect of our tsunami system that didn’t perform very well last December — who ...

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 ...