On December 26, 2004, at 7:58 a.m. Western Indonesian Time, the world was struck by one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history,the Aceh Tsunami. What began as an ordinary day for ...

Survivors and families of victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami 20 years ago visited mass graves, lit candles and comforted one another across Southeast.

A POWERFUL earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 struck southern Spain this morning. The quake rattled hundreds of towns, ...

The Sentinelese people of North Sentinel Island, considered the most isolated tribe on Earth, have long resisted contact with ...

Patong will conduct a large-scale tsunami drill this month, preparing residents and tourists for an emergency that could save lives.

Although geologists are urging calm and caution against panic, a recent series of tremors detected in the Nicobar Islands, ...

BENGALURU: Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has emerged as a key global responder in Humanitarian ...

Successive Finance Commissions (FCs) have aided the cause, no doubt, but the country’s vulnerabilities have also grown.

Just off the coast of the Pacific Northwest is the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a complex collection of earthquake faults created by one tectonic plate pushing its way under another. Every 400-600 years, ...

A 4.4 magnitude earthquake near Jhajjar was felt across Delhi-NCR on Thursday highlighting the region's seismic risk and lack ...

Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, PK Mishra on Wednesday said investments in financing mechanisms, institutional development and capacity- building are intended to deliver measurable outcomes ...