While some of these quakes have hit developed countries with robust infrastructure like Japan and Chile, many are in places ...

The Valdivian Earthquake, or the Great Chilean Earthquake, is the largest on record. It measured in at a magnitude of 9.5.

It also brings to mind some of the deadliest tsunamis in history– disasters that caused huge loss and destruction around the ...

The recent 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar and parts of Thailand serves as yet another warning for Dhaka.

Located at the south-western end of Old Dhaka, Shahidnagar sits along the shores of the Buriganga River. The neighbourhood is congested with buildings and narrow alleys, like the rest of the Old Dhaka ...

Initially thought to be a magnitude 9.5, an earthquake 100 miles off the city of Valdivia on the coast of Chile is the ...

An urgent tsunami alert has been issued for Papua New Guinea after an earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale - the US ...

The recent earthquake in Myanmar and Thailand which wreaked absolute havoc in Myanmar especially is once again a reminder of ...

or the Great Chilean Earthquake, is the largest on record. It measured in at a magnitude of 9.5. off the coast of Chile near Valdivia and Puerto Montt area. At least 1,655 people were killed and ...

A tremor of 2.5 or less usually cannot be felt but can be detected by instruments. Quakes of up to five are felt and cause ...

Thailand ranks 59th for earthquakes, with 59 tremors recorded this year, the strongest reaching a magnitude of 4.9.

Earthquakes wreck economies and claim lives. India lost about $79.5 billion to climate disasters over twenty years. The Bhuj ...