In January 2022, the undersea volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai erupted spectacularly, becoming one of the most powerful volcanic events of the century. It sent a plume 50 kilometers high, impacting ...

Two major tsunami that swamped the east coast have been labelled a "missed opportunities", so what do we need to change to be ...

Japan’s position along the “Ring of Fire”, a string of hundreds of volcanoes and earthquake sites in the Pacific Ocean, makes ...

Through collaborations with communities, Mercy Corps is supporting locally led disaster preparedness in the wake of the 2004 ...

The huge wave of water known as a tsunami, can be incredibly destructive as it surges onshore carrying all but the most solid objects inland.

The northward compression from the Indian Ocean plate is the result of the Indian plate's collision with the Eurasian plate.

Now, scientists aim to get their clearest picture yet of the complex mechanics of our big-risk Hikurangi Subduction Zone – ...

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They had no idea that 100 miles away, deep in the Indian Ocean, two tectonic plates had collided with enough force to create a massive earthquake and send a tsunami hurtling towards shore. By the time ...

In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the island of Sumatra in western Indonesia triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed more than 220,000 people across 12 countries. Ali Rogin ...