Over the past few generations, the world has experienced countless devastating natural disasters; but few are as sudden and ...

(CNN) — An ancient skull dating back more than 6,000 years may have belonged to the earliest known human victim of a tsunami, scientists say. The Aitape skull -- named after a small coastal town in ...

The Greek poet Crinagoras of Mytilene (1st century BC–1st century AD) once addressed a little poem to an earthquake. He asked the quake not to destroy his house: Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

Ancient artifacts dating back to a sunken city from more than 2,000 years ago were pulled out of the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday, according to Egyptian officials. The historic treasures — which ...

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No, this wasn’t a scene from a Hollywood disaster film. It was real. On the night of July 9, 1958, along the Fairweather Fault in the Alaska Panhandle, nature unleashed the largest tsunami ever ...

Tsunami Warning: A powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, triggering a Pacific Ocean Tsunami warning on July 29. The quake was shallow at a depth of ...

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia’s Far East early Wednesday, causing tsunami waves to wash ashore in Japan and Alaska and calls for people around the Pacific to be on alert ...

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