TOKYO — Japan marked the 15th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster on its northeastern coast Wednesday as the government pushes for more use of atomic energy. The magnitude 9.0 ...

The true magnitude of the 2006 Pangandaran earthquake reached an equivalent of 8.7, which was stronger than originally ...

If your home was destroyed by a sudden disaster that you couldn't control, you would hope that at the very least, your insurance would cover your losses. However, disaster risk financing systems are ...

A powerful 7.4-7.5 magnitude earthquake struck northern Japan, triggering tsunami warnings with waves expected up to 3 metres high, forcing authorities to urge people to move to higher ground ...

In April 2012, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle was found on Graham Island in the Haida Gwaii archipelago off the coast of British Columbia. It belonged to Ikuo Yokoyama, a survivor of the earthquake and ...

More than 30 Japanese prefectural police forces in areas vulnerable to tsunami triggered by major earthquakes have established evacua ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Waves pound a beach and structure between Depoe Bay and Boiler Bay on the Oregon Coast. (Erica Harris/Oregon State University) ...

At nearly 0800 local time on 26 December, a titanic shift of tectonic plates triggered an immense magnitude 9.0 earthquake in the Indian Ocean, 250 kilometres from the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia ...

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The process of tsunami parametric insurance. An insurance payout is triggered when a tsunami index (e.g., wave height) meets the predefined criteria. If your home was destroyed by a sudden disaster ...