The old bridge played an important role in trade and pilgrimage for over a century. Due to corrosion, high maintenance and ...

A new wave of seismic science is emerging from the ocean floor—and it could help us predict the next big disaster. Using a ...

Within a few hours, an earthquake of 7.7 magnitude on the Richter scale shook Myanmar and Thailand to the core.

A disaster of unimaginable scale looms over Japan as its government is warning that the next ‘megaquake’ could kill as many ...

Japan sees about an 80 per cent chance of a magnitude 8 to 9 earthquake along a seabed zone known as the Nankai Trough.

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake that rocked the bottom of the South Island struck in a seismic environment poorly understood by ...

A long-feared megaquake off Japan ’s Pacific coast could kill nearly 300,000 people and cause economic damage equivalent to ...

A 7.0 magnitude earthquake has caused slight damage in Tonga and brief evacuations before the threat of a tsunami passed ...

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.