The threat of earthquakes should be taken as “constant” in regions where tremors come and go, according to seismologists who ...

Indonesia is exposed to multiple natural hazards including earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, cyclones, floods, ...

A thick layer of slippery clay on the ocean floor may have formed the weak spot that enabled a magnitude 9.1 quake to make such a devastating tsunami.

A thin, soft and slippery layer of clay-rich mud embedded in rock below the seafloor intensified the 2011 Japan earthquake that produced a tsunami that claimed tens of thousands of lives and decimated ...

Their method helps reconstruct sea level histories in locations lacking living microatolls. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Reducing flood risk in Sumatra requires more than technical fixes or post-disaster responses. It calls for a shift in ...

Permits revoked, lawsuits filed, the threat of state takeovers. Deadly flooding in Indonesia has prompted unprecedented government action against companies accused of environmental destruction that ...

Indonesia has revoked the permits of 28 companies after a post–Cyclone Senyar audit found environmental violations that authorities say worsened deadly floods and landslides in Sumatra in late 2025, ...

For decades, researchers thought that an October 1843 earthquake on the small Greek island of Chalke caused a powerful tsunami and led to the deaths of as many as 600 people. But a new analysis of ...

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Another earthquake and a series of aftershocks rocked Southern California overnight Wednesday. The 4.2-magnitude quake struck only 6 miles northeast of Indio shortly after midnight, the same area ...

A 4.2-magnitude earthquake was recorded about 12 miles northeast of Indio early Wednesday, Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, following a stronger 4.9-magnitude quake that caused ...