Tonga struck by massive 7.6-magnitude earthquake as New Zealand monitors tsunami threat - New Zealand says tsunami wave would ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A still image taken Wednesday shows a flooded area in Russia's Severo-Kurilsk, Sakhalin Region. Authorities in Russia's Sakhalin ...

Bad weather and a massive ash column hampered efforts to assess whether Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano island could trigger another deadly tsunami as authorities said Friday the search for victims ...

March 24 (Reuters) - A 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck near the Pacific island nation of Tonga on Tuesday, according to the United States Geological Survey, triggering sirens in the capital though no ...

Aerial images show the devastation in Tonga left behind after a violent offshore volcanic eruption sparked a tsunami and clouded the sky with ash. Communications with the island nation have largely ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- A tsunami apparently caused by the eruption of an island volcano killed at least 62 people around Indonesia's Sunda Strait, sending a wall of water crashing some 65 feet (20 ...

Tsunamis are giant waves caused mainly by underwater earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or landslides. Unlike ordinary waves, tsunamis travel at high speeds across oceans and grow taller as they ...

When individuals hear volcanoes, they tend to envision blazing eruptions blasting into the air. However, volcanoes can also collapse sideways, with their sides, or flanks, collapsing. Such a collapse ...

The shallow tremor off the Kamchatka Peninsula damaged buildings and injured several people in the remote Russian region, while much of Japan's eastern seaboard − devastated by a 9.0 magnitude ...

At the last three Olympics, taekwondo artist Pita Taufatofua has gone viral as Tonga's flag bearer for his muscular physique, oiled chest and grass skirt. But with his home country dealing with an ...

July 30 (UPI) --Several warnings were downgraded on Wednesday in various areas that faced the threat of tsunamis after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck near Russia late Tuesday. Tsunami warnings ...