A tsunami warning has been issued after a significant earthquake hit in the Pacific Ocean on Monday morning. A 6.9 magnitude ...

Over 80 per cent of large earthquakes happen on the edges of the Pacific Ocean, in an area known as ... It generated a local tsunami with waves of up to 50 feet and killed an estimated 10,000 ...

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.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6 struck southern Taiwan early Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey ...

JAPAN issued a tsunami advisory after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the country on Monday. The quake was at a depth of 23 ...

A strong earthquake struck southwestern Japan, the U.S. Geological Survey said, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami ...

Axial Seamount off Oregon's coast is the most active volcano in the Pacific Northwest, about 300 miles offshore and just under a mile beneath the ocean waves.

Oregon scientists are hoping to help the coastal communities survive a major inundation in various ways. One of those is ...

Survivors and victims' relatives will this week mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake ... the Pacific basin. A total of 226,408 people died as a result of the tsunami ...

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

A 6.9 magnitude earthquake in Japan's Kyushu region raises tsunami warnings. Explore Japan's seismic vulnerability and ...

Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami devastated Japan, causing immense loss of life and property while highlighting the critical ...