Tsunami News

Fumiya Saeki's favourite hobby is watching TV. One day in 2011, he saw news reports on the tsunami that hit northeastern Japan.

TWO orphans of the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami were welcomed to Cornwall on Saturday as they launched their new flip-flop brand, Gandys, in the county.

Not only is it a commodity, but nuclear power has a stigma attached to it, thanks to the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear mishap in Japan.

"Armani the anteater's surprising pregnancy has sparked a debate over what animals are capable of when it comes to sex." NBC News Animals Archeaologists have uncovered evidence that people living in Xincun 5,000 years ago may have practiced agriculture before the arrival of domesticated rice in the region.

Today, roughly one-quarter of the world's population lives in conflict-affected and fragile states.

Muscat: Recent research has revealed that the Makran Subduction Zone is more prone to earthquakes and tsunami hazards than previously thought.

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile on Monday, the US Geological Survey said, but Chilean emergency authorities said they saw no prospect that the tremor would generate a tsunami.

An earthquake with an esimated 6.8 magnitude struck off the Coast of Chile Sunday night.

When the magnitude 9 earthquake struck Japan more than two years ago, there were 1,200 global positioning system stations recording ocean floor movement.

Children's experiences and opinions must be taken into account when predicting, preparing for and responding to disasters, says a global charity.

My mother went into paid work soon after my father's clothing store was flooded out in a hurricane, almost wiping him out.

I recall my state of wonderment back in 1995 the first time I sent an email. It was almost unfathomable at the time that I could hit a computer key and a few minutes later what I had typed could appear on a computer screen on another continent.

TAIPEI: Thousands of Taiwanese marched through the capital Taipei yesterday urging the government to halt construction of a nearly completed nuclear power plant, citing the Japanese atomic crisis.

The ad world's hottest trend: hot hunks. That's right, sexy guys - not gals - featured in racy TV spots.

SLO County Dept. of Environmental Health has a program set up to respond to any tsunami debris from Japan that might wash up on shore in the county.

The 73-year-old spent almost a year studying the remains of murderous duo Fred and Rose West's victims, he helped identify victims of the Boxing Day tsunami and even worked on the high profile case of two star footballers charged with assault.

SATURDAY 18 MAY - MESSINA, ITALY. Nautica was scheduled to anchor off the spectacular cliff-top town of Taormina in Sicily.

Seismologists say a strong earthquake has struck off the northeastern coast of Japan's main Honshu island, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 jolted northeastern Japan on Saturday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

A judge has dismissed an appeal to suspend involuntary manslaughter charges against four Chilean government officials accused of failing to issue a tsunami alert after a 8.8-magnitude earthquake in 2010.