On April 1, 1946, a strong earthquake near the Aleutian Islands in Alaska set off a massive tsunami that hit the Hawaiian ...

The Japanese government has issued an urgent warning ... This includes 215,000 deaths caused by tsunami waves exceeding 30m (98ft) in some areas. The Nankai Trough is a deep ocean trench formed ...

The Japanese government has warned of catastrophic economic damage and nearly 300,000 deaths when the next "megaquake" hits the archipelagic nation, according to a new estimation released on Monday.

Cornell-led researchers drilled 7 km deep into the Japan Trench to study the fault behind the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, ...

This list is based on data from a report by the Times of India. On March 11, 2011, a powerful 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Japan. It triggered a massive tsunami ...

TOKYO, March 31 (Reuters) - Japan's economy could lose as much as $1.81 trillion in the event of a long-anticipated megaquake off its Pacific coast, which could trigger devastating tsunamis ...

Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile) – 9.5 magnitude This earthquake struck on May 22, 1960, and remains the strongest earthquake ever recorded. It led to widespread destruction and numerous deaths.

Fair weather with breezy trades are in place across Guam and the southern CNMI but a shear line is dropping southward through the CNMI, with its axis now near Anatahan, according to the National ...