Earlier tsunami warnings following a huge 7.0 earthquake in California have been lifted. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

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

Tsunamis are a hot topic in popular culture, lately. But is Florida ready for what some experts have warned for decades is ...

Strong storms have pounded Santa Cruz in recent years, most notably collapsing a chunk of its wharf this week. Is it just bad ...

On Boxing Day 2004, an earthquake in the Indian Ocean near Indonesia set off a tsunami which killed almost 250,000 people. It ...

A survivor of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami has recalled the moment he was awoken by "screaming and shouting" – two decades on ...

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

With hundreds of thousands dead, a shortage of body bags and 1.7 million people displaced, the overwhelming devastation caused by the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami remains forever imprinted on the minds of ...

Tsunami and earthquake data still isn’t shared widely around the world. Local authorities and experts often don’t communicate ...

BENGALURU: It has been 20 years since the deadly tsunami struck, killing around 230,000 people across more than a dozen ...

When the earthquake struck, the world rattled; a 10-millimetre shudder on a planetary scale. Earth wobbled on its axis and its rotation quickened, shortening days by 2.68 microseconds. The North Pole ...

Multiple stores report having to close to repair damage in the wake of the 7.0 earthquake in California on Thursday. The entire San Francisco Bay Area had been placed under a tsunami warning after ...