ADB President Masato Kanda said the $100 million in relief aid – the ADB’s largest single grant to Myanmar, “will deliver ...

The United States leads the world with 165 Holocene volcanoes, mostly in Alaska, Hawaii, and the Pacific Northwest. Active ...

Natural hazard” and “natural disaster” aren’t the same. Hazards are events. Disasters are their consequences, shaped by human ...

Near-shore tsunamis, those triggered by earthquakes just off the coast, could pose a particularly dire risk for California’s ...

Tsunamis pose a risk to the entirety of the California coast. But should a major one strike, how bad could it be?

A massive earthquake with a 6.7 magnitude has rocked Chile with emergency services on the scene and it is not known so far if ...

The 6.7 magnitude quake saw emergency services on the scene as it struck off the coast of northern Chile on Friday. The ...

One dead and 69 injured as 5.8-magnitude quake sparks panic across tourist resorts - Tourists in Rhodes, Greece describe hotels shaking and scenes of panic as quake strikes just across the border near ...

Adding to the threat, a major earthquake generated by the nearby Cascadia subduction zone could trigger one such tsunami that would arrive as quickly as 15-30 minutes. To address this risk ...

A huge earthquake is brewing along the Cascadia Subduction ... of a magnitude 8 in the next 50 years — a substantial risk for such a devastating scenario. "We can’t predict exactly when ...