Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani shared his support for Japan on Tuesday, the 14th anniversary of the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. A 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck east Japan in the ...

The Indian Tectonic Plate subducted beneath the Burma Plate. Had fault surface of 1,600 km, slipped about 15 metre along the subduction zone. The underwater seismic activity caused tsunami waves 100 ...

On Ios, the only designated assembly point near the port, Chrysi Akti, falls within a zone vulnerable to flooding, even under a mild tsunami scenario (0-3m run-up), making it unsuitable. On Naxos, ...

“We are particularly at risk of tsunami here in Hawke’s Bay, as Aotearoa’s largest and most active fault, the Hikurangi Subduction Zone, is located off the East Coast,” Briggs said.

The most devastating tsunami to hit the US West Coast was triggered by a megathrust earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone. This geologically complex area extends from northern California to ...

A slightly lower magnitude of 6.0 was reported by the Indonesian Meteorological Agency (BMKG), and it has been confirmed that the quake is not a threat for triggering a tsunami. Indonesia ...

Huang says finding active areas of subduction zones where earthquakes tend to occur, and examining why earthquakes occur in these areas, can help researchers devise better earthquake warning systems.

The government is considering using energy precincts or special economic zones to strengthen the country's fuel and energy security. Associate Energy Minister Shane Jones said Marsden Point could ...

In 2014, a unanimous court invalidated a Massachusetts law creating a 35-foot buffer zone around the entrances of abortion clinics. City officials defending the zones also pointed to the Supreme ...