HONOLULU (AP) — One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded sent a tsunami crashing into a Russian port and smaller waves barreling across the Pacific to the Americas and south to New Zealand.

The earthquake that hit a Russian island was among the most powerful ever recorded, and forecasters immediately feared it could spur cataclysmic walls of water thousands of miles away in Hawaii, ...

Ceremonies and memorials marked the 14th anniversary of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, but the disaster has still not ...

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

TOKYO (AP) — 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 ...

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A school building here that was destroyed in a water-fire combination during the 2011 tsunami has been rebuilt into a ...

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 ...