Japan’s biggest earthquake hit the country on March 11, 2011. The underwater quake hit around 80 miles off the coast of ...

Some 3,800 years ago a massive 9.5-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami with waves as high as 20 metres (66 feet) slammed the coastline of Chile’s Atacama Desert, the world’s driest ...

Worldwide, the frequency of earthquakes has remained largely unchanged over many decades of study. On average, there are ...

Most of the tsunamis in California have been small, but some were destructive and deadline. See a list of notable tsunamis.

But these moai know the effects of tsunamis very well because they were swept away in 1960 by the enormous waves after a 9.5 earthquake in Chile. They were subsequently re-erected. Testimony to ...