An international team coordinated by French researchers has made a major discovery in the Aegean Sea: the precise identification of the underwater rupture that caused the largest modern tsunami in ...

On Boxing Day 2004, a monstrous 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck in the Indian ocean, unleashing widespread devastation in the surrounding land. Two decades on, many still reflect on the fateful ...

An international team coordinated by French researchers has made a major discovery in the Aegean Sea: the precise identification of the underwater rupture that caused the largest modern tsunami in the ...

The tsunami that rose from this great shifting of tectonic plates reached over 115 feet in some places and ultimately killed ...

The underwater quake hit around 80 miles off the coast of Honshu, Japan’s biggest island. Hundreds of aftershocks followed in the ensuing weeks — many of which were magnitude 6.0 and stronger. It also ...

Thousands gathered in mourning on Thursday, Dec. 26, to mark two decades since the world’s largest tsunami. On Dec. 26, 2004, in one of the worst natural disasters of the modern era, a 9.1 magnitude ...

26, to mark two decades since the world’s largest tsunami. On Dec. 26, 2004, in one of the worst natural disasters of the modern era, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake spurred catastrophic waves that ...

The death toll for Indonesia’s Aceh province, of which Banda Aceh is the largest city, is generally listed at about 160,000. The official global figure of those killed in the tsunami ...