Twenty years after the deadliest wave in recorded history, most oceans have warning systems and communities have learned how best to escape the danger.

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Police said women's remains were discovered still in the crocodile's grip not far from the location of the attack.

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Accurately predicting earthquakes and tsunamis remains impossible. Therefore, mitigation and risk reduction are crucial.

Aceh tsunami, which left deep scars on Indonesia, especially for those directly affected. Aceh was also recovering from a ...

How big is the Pacific Ring of Fire? The Ring of Fire dominates the Pacific Ocean. It's a string of at least 450 active and dormant volcanoes that form a semi-circle, or horse shoe, around the ...

Papua New Guinea is undergoing economic and social transformation. It is one of the most diverse countries in the world; home to over 11.78 million people and more than 800 different languages spoken ...

TOKYO — A moderately strong magnitude-6.6 earthquake struck off the coast of central Japan Tuesday night, rattling an area still traumatized by a devastating January jolt. No tsunami alert was ...

TOKYO (AP) — A strong earthquake late Tuesday struck Japan’s north-central region of Noto that’s still recovering from a deadly quake early this year. There was no danger of a tsunami.

JAKARTA: An earthquake of a 6.5 magnitude struck Indonesia's Papua province on Friday, the geophysics agency said, adding there was no tsunami potential. The agency ...

A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia's Sumatra on Friday. The United States Geological Survey said the shallow quake hit at 12:30 near the island of Nias, about 250 ...