The 2019 volcanic explosion on Whakaari/White Island, which killed 22 people touring the crater and severely injured 25, is one of New Zealand's worst disasters.

Tsunami Preparedness Week falls on March 22 and local experts advise those who live near coastal areas to take training ...

Understanding Landslides: A New Model for Predicting Motion Oct. 17, 2024 — Along coastal California, the possibility of earthquakes and landslides are commonly prefaced by the phrase ...

Megatsunamis differ from ordinary tsunamis primarily in their cause and scale. While typical tsunamis result from underwater earthquakes or volcanic eruptions, megatsunamis are often triggered by ...

Long back, a large collection of material masses coalesced and formed the Earth – it was a single crust or plate with no ...

Lori Dengler is an emeritus professor of geology at Cal Poly Humboldt, an expert in tsunami and earthquake hazards. Questions ...

However, if we know a landslide-triggered tsunami at Milford Sound has the potential to kill hundreds of people and cause severe damage, the risk to life ought to be grossly unacceptable and only ...

A rare earthquake was reported near Marshville, North Carolina, about a 35-mile drive east from uptown Charlotte, according ...