The 2004 tsunami was not simply a natural disaster but a graphic exposure of the failure of the capitalist system, the ruling ...
The landslide, which eventually triggered a mega-tsunami, was studied by experts from University College London (UCL).
Some 3,800 years ago a massive 9.5-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami with waves as high as 20 metres (66 feet) slammed the coastline of Chile’s Atacama Desert, the world’s driest ...
And there was the catastrophic mega-tsunami of 1700, originating from a magnitude 9 earthquake over the Cascadia fault system, which runs offshore from Northern California to Vancouver Island for ...
The researchers eventually worked out that 25 million cubic metres of rock - a volume equivalent of 25 Empire State Buildings - slammed into the water, causing a 200m-high “mega-tsunami”.
On December 5, authorities alerted the public of a potential tsunami from a 7.0 earthquake in the waters of Northern California. But why didn't it happen? The post Why Didn’t California’s 7.0 ...
Worst-case scenarios suggest it could devastate 140,000 square miles of the US and affect at least seven million people, many of them swept away by the tsunami that would come in the wake of the ...
Japan’s 2011 tsunami affected both the rich coastal ecosystems of northeastern Japan and the local communities reliant upon them. The destruction to the landscape wreaked by the tsunami that ...
More than 18,000 people died in the 2011 Japan tsunami, but worse disasters may be waiting to happen. Experts examine the possibility of a tsunami washing over the planet and investigate a fault ...