Tsunami

Quake Aftershock of 6.5 Hits Indonesia, Minutes After the 8.7 Magnitude Earthquake

New tsunami warnings issued after a strong aftershock with a magnitude of 8.2 hit the western coast of Indonesia.

As the Indonesian authorities certainly believe this earthquake has the potential to cause a devastating tsunami, here is a good reason why.

India has issued a tsunami alert to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and coastal regions of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh after strong tremors were felt in different cities including Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Mumbai and Thiruvananthapuram.

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Indonesia Earthquake 2012 Live Coverage

Huge earthquake triggers tsunami warning across Indian Ocean region.

The long voyage of the fuel-laden Japanese ghost ship is over as it sank 6,000 feet deep in the Gulf of Alaska.

Japan is going through a period of very hard choices which the current Prime Minister of its coalition government Yoshihiko Noda, is pressing the Diet, Japan's Parliament, to address. On 30 March 2012, Prime Minister Noda submitted laws to double the present sales tax of five per cent, proposing a rise to eight per cent in April 2014 and then to 10 per cent in April 2015. His determination, if necessary, to stake his Government's survival on these laws being passed by the Diet was made pl...

The reactor has been shut for maintenance.

One dead and two injured after quake sparks coastal evacuation.

The ship was discovered by patrolling aircraft and did not pose any environmental danger.

World's largest anime convention returns after Japan tsunami and nuclear disaster led to cancellation of 2011 event.

A tsunami warning has been issued as a strong earthquake, measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale, hit the northern parts of Japan Wednesday evening.

On 18 March 2011, I bought a copy of the Daily Star newspaper. A photo in the bottom right-hand corner caught my eye at first and then the paper's headline. The photo showed two small children sitting on a railway line, warmly dressed against the cold with the little girl at least holding a school satchel on her back.

A 7-year-old girl, Wakana Kumagai, revisits the spot where her house used to and her father died.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda reiterated his resolve to rebuild Japan in the shortest possible duration.

The devastating tsunami set off a nuclear meltdown in Fukushima and forced the nation to live in radiation fear.

Japan has once again shown that it can bounce back after a natural disaster.

One year on from the Japanese Tsunami, despite negative forecasts from its native companies, analysts have suggested the country's technology industry may finally be getting back on its feet.

Deliveryman Yu Muroga captured amazing footage of 2011 disaster from inside his car.

Japan will be observing the first anniversary of the devastating tsunami on 11 March, 2012.

Eco group stages worldwide demonstrations to mark first anniversary of Fukushima nuclear disaster.

As Japan sets to observe their first tsunami anniversary, let's take a look at some of pictures of Japan of how it looked after tsunami and now.

Bill McGuire, a professor of geophysical and climate hazards at the University College London, has discovered that climate change can lead to earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis.

The disaster-ridden Fukushima nuclear reactor in Japan is making sure the Japanese government stays on its toes.

According to a Reuters report, an earthquake of 6.7 magnitude has struck off the Philippines coast, specifically near the island of Negros, on Monday.

Punxsutawney Phil's, the groundhog in Pennsylvania, U.S. predicted winter for six more weeks. There had been instances where animals have been used to predict the future. While several people perished in the 2004 Tsunami, dogs, buffaloes, goats were all unharmed. There were reports that animals sensed the tsunami long before people became aware of it.

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a Union Territory of India which lies in the Bay of Bengal, have attracted renewed tourist interest after reports that some members of the Jarawas, one of the tribes, were paid to dance naked in front of foreign tourists.

Leaked report shows extent of Japanese Government fear over nuclear crisis