It caused over 230,000 deaths across 14 countries, widespread destruction and remains one of the deadliest natural disasters in history. The tsunami waves reached up to 100 feet high in some areas.

If a significant earthquake were to hit on these faults, it would likely cause mass destruction to properties ... "That can send a tsunami and also really damaging shaking,” Tobin warns.

For those traveling through Japan’s Iwate prefecture, a visit to Takata Matsubara Memorial Park for Tsunami Disaster and the ...

The tsunami that struck Japan on Friday brought back memories of the tsunami of 2004 that devastated many parts of Sri Lanka. At the time, the steady destruction of coral reefs around the country was ...

Scenes of devastation from the Tohoku region stunned the world after the tsunami generated by the ... s worst postwar natural disaster, signs of destruction continue to disappear.

Christmas in 2004, when a 9.1-magnitude earthquake west of the Indonesian island of Sumatra set off a mammoth wave that was ...

The product of undersea earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, tsunamis can race across oceans at more than 500 miles an hour, leaving a huge wake of destruction when they hit shore. Because it is ...

There are a number of hazards caused by plate tectonics including earthquakes and tsunamis. Earthquakes have both primary effects (such as the destruction of buildings) and secondary effects (such ...

A substantial earthquake on these faults could lead to widespread destruction ... event that could result in severe shaking and a tsunami, warns Tobin. The last significant earthquake to hit ...