tsunamis

A so-called seismic zone off the coast of Alaska could trigger deadly tsunamis like the one that caused the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan in 2011, a new study finds.

The boars are barring people from returning home.

Some seismologists think Japan is still feeling the aftershocks of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake.

The eruption of Thera did more than blow a hole into the island and trigger tsunamis and flooding, it also set off the decline of the Minoan culture.

Sometime in the past 8,000 years, a meteor may have hit the Indian Ocean, triggering a monster tsunami that struck Africa, a new study suggests.

Indian Ocean tsunamis destroyed one of the world's most important silk-route ports in the 15th century, new research finds.

The 2011 Japan tsunami released thousands of tons of ozone-destroying chemicals and greenhouse gases into the air.

A new simulation predicts that relatively small asteroids could cause big waves on the U.S. coastline, but not everyone thinks the threat is real.