Tsunamis form from sudden water movements, mainly undersea earthquakes, spreading waves across oceans and increasing as they near shores.

The collapse sparked questions about the enforcement of construction safety and the state-run Chinese contractor, China ...

The earthquake is believed to be a rare 'super shear' event, where the rupture in the earth's crust raced faster than seismic ...

Floods are one of the most common and expensive natural disasters around the world. They can happen because of heavy rain, ...

The Indonesian Humanitarian Team Coordinator, Ary Laksmana Widjaja, hinted at the possibility of extending the Emergency ...

An earthquake may have uncovered an ancient water palace in Myanmar, but this isn't the first time we've found evidence of it ...

Authorities are investigating why the building crumbled on March 28 following an earthquake centred in Myanmar, more than 800 ...

BANGKOK — A Thai-Chinese company denied Monday allegations its steel rods did not pass safety standard tests after nationwide criticism prompted an investigation into the collapse of a high-rise ...

Pope Francis' last public words were read in the 'Urbi et Orbi' message on Easter Sunday, just hours before his death was announced ...

Xin Ke Yuan Steel is being scrutinised for the quality of steel rods in a high-rise that collapsed during last month’s Bangkok earthquake, the only building to fail that day.

Sylvia Nicovich is a Mendenhall Fellow in the Geologic Hazards Science Center. She has bachelor's and master's degrees in geology from Cal Poly Humboldt University and a Ph.D. in earth sciences from ...