A strong earthquake struck near Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city, on Friday, damaging or collapsing bridges and buildings across a swath of Southeast Asia, killing at least 20 people in Myanmar ...

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The disasters struck a Japan already reeling economically. After decades as a powerhouse, it suffered a terrific crash of ...

In March 2011, a major earthquake struck off the coast of northeastern Japan resulting in a series of tsunami waves that ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Emma Pattee. Her debut novel, Tilt, is about a devastating earthquake in the Pacific Northwest, and one pregnant woman's quest to get back home after it.

James is a speaker for the South Whidbey conference, along with Eric Brooks, the director of the Island County Department of ...

When the ground shakes violently, entire cities can crumble within minutes. Homes, hospitals, roads, and lives can vanish ...

Riley Kehoe and her family’s survival of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was nothing short of a miracle. “When I was 10 years ...

That earthquake, the one we are all dreading, is the event that kicks off Pattee’s debut novel, “Tilt,” out Tuesday from ...

Two months later, a magnitude 7.3 struck the site in northern California - putting millions under a tsunami warning and ...