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

A death toll of more than 50,000, and at least 12% of residential buildings heavily damaged: these are among the sobering statistics experts forecast should "The Big One" hit Metro Manila.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ... paid for by those who can afford it. A tsunami warning has been lifted for Tonga after a strong 7.1 magnitude ...

This tsunami of seniors can have major impacts on ... This may not happen right away, but the government will either have to make big cuts to federal spending or tax more people at higher rates.

The death toll continues to rise as Myanmar and Thailand grapple with the impact of a powerful earthquake and aftershock that ...

The US Tsunami Warning Centre says the threat of a ... "Thank God we don't have big high rises here in Tonga." He also offered good wishes for those affected by the earthquake in Myanmar.

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Taiwan has put its civil defences to a tougher disaster test, with an exercise last week to assess the public’s responses to ...

Japan’s long-dreaded “big one” earthquake could kill almost 300,000 people along its urbanised Pacific coast, create 12.3mn ...

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