World Tsunami Awareness Day highlights the need for effective early warning systems to mitigate catastrophic events globally.

The 20-year-old freshman student was still asleep that Sunday morning at the family’s house on the Andaman Sea coast of ...

A tsunami has struck Peru, destroying coastal areas, sinking fishing boats, and forcing the closure of 91 ports. With waves ...

People are gathering in prayer and visiting mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province to mark 20 years since the massive ...

Boxing Day, 2004. When the earthquake struck at 06:30 (01:00 GMT), I was on a ferry, headed towards Havelock – an island in ...

The Washington Emergency Management Division's response plan is the latest addition to the island's preparedness culture.

“We got into Aceh two days after the tsunami hit and none of us was prepared for what ... and in other cases by the effects ...

Twenty years after the Indian Ocean catastrophe that claimed more than 230,000 lives, disaster planners believe Australia is ...

Thanks to the GITEWS early warning system developed under the leadership of the GFZ from 2005 to 2008, it is now not only the ...

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no longer a threat of a tsunami after the quake, which struck at 0147 GMT. bur-pdw/cwl ...

“Then, as to be expected after a large earthquake, you’re then moved into a tsunami situation and you’re asked to take safe action, which is to move to the highest point around.” This ...

While the tsunami warning was canceled shortly after evacuations and transportation shut down, San Francisco forecasters said a small wave had been seen off the California coastline.