A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Aceh province, triggering panic among residents still traumatized by the 2004 tsunami.

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Jan. 26, 2025, marks 325 years since the last great earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone. It’s a time to reflect on what we’ve learned about this largest fault system in the lower 48 states ...

Within 20 minutes, waves of water began to hit the coasts of surrounding islands. In Indonesia's Aceh province in Northern Sumatra, waves reached 167 feet and caused floods for three miles. Following ...

Hoosier Jim Morris was serving as the head of the World Food Programme, which had been providing aid to the island of Sri ...

People lived in many parts of the Old World by then but had not yet reached Australia or the Americas. The bulk of the human ...

TOKYO -- A tsunami advisory has now been lifted after an earlier warning in the wake of a strong earthquake Monday off the coast of Japan's Miyazaki Prefecture, officials said. The U.S. Geological ...

Several of Japan's nuclear power plants were rattled by an earthquake on Monday. A tsunami warning was also issued after the magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the Hyuga-nada Sea off the coast of the ...

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A strong 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck on Sunday off the coast of El Salvador, shaking residences in many parts of the country but there was no risk of a tsunami, the country's environment ...

This study provides crucial insights for enhanced regional earthquake and tsunami preparedness. The Sumatra subduction zone is a highly ... eight significant earthquakes in the Sunda Arc from 2004 to ...