Tsunami
Strong quake off Turkish and Greek coasts kills two, injures scores
Middle East
July 21, 2017
Strong quake off Turkish and Greek coasts kills two, injures scores
A powerful earthquake killed at least two people and injured dozens when it struck near major Turkish and Greek tourist…
Tsunami hits Japan after strong quake near Fukushima disaster site
World
November 22, 2016
Tsunami hits Japan after strong quake near Fukushima disaster site
A powerful earthquake rocked northern Japan early on Tuesday, briefly disrupting cooling functions at a nuclear plant and generating a…
Tsunami hits New Zealand after series of strong quakes
World
November 13, 2016
Tsunami hits New Zealand after series of strong quakes
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 struck central New Zealand just after midnight (1102 GMT Sunday), the U.S. Geological…
Tsunami alert issued after large quake hits off Vanuatu
World
April 3, 2016
Tsunami alert issued after large quake hits off Vanuatu
A large 7.2 quake struck off the coast of the South Pacific islands of Vanuatu on Sunday and there was…
‘Hearts are in pieces’ five years after tsunami hits Japan
World
March 11, 2016
‘Hearts are in pieces’ five years after tsunami hits Japan
Japan on Friday mourned the thousands who lost their lives in a massive earthquake and tsunami five years ago that…
Expert expects earthquakes in Mediterranean, tsunami to hit Egypt
Egypt
November 2, 2015
Expert expects earthquakes in Mediterranean, tsunami to hit Egypt
The Secretary of the Arab Environmental Experts Association, Magdy Allam, has warned of expected earthquakes in the Mediterranean Sea which…
Official: Egypt safe from tsunami
Egypt
January 27, 2015
Official: Egypt safe from tsunami
Egypt is safe from the epicenters in Mediterranean, according to Hatem Ouda, head of the Astronomy and Geophysical Research Institute,…
10 years on, lessons of Asian tsunami hit by ‘disaster amnesia’
World
December 24, 2014
10 years on, lessons of Asian tsunami hit by ‘disaster amnesia’
Ten years after the deadliest tsunami on record wrought destruction across the Indian Ocean, creeping complacency is undermining a hi-tech…
Huge earthquake off Chile coast sparks tsunami
World
April 2, 2014
Huge earthquake off Chile coast sparks tsunami
A major earthquake of magnitude 8.2 struck off the coast of northern Chile on Tuesday, causing five deaths and triggering…
NASA: Fukushima disasters disturbed upper atmosphere
Environment
May 31, 2012
NASA: Fukushima disasters disturbed upper atmosphere
The massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Fukushima, Japan, last year wreaked havoc in the skies above as well, disturbing…