Families are posting photos, descriptions of lost family members and contact numbers in the hope of learning...

Indonesian vice-president Jusuf Kalla said the final number of dead could be in the...

The five deadliest tsunamis recorded over the past century

Photos confirmed by authorities showed bodies being lined up along the street on SaturdayAnother 356...

The disaster agency briefly issued a tsunami warning before lifting it

UNDP, with financial support from Japan, has been working in 18 countries including Bangladesh to raise...

Tsunami waves could hit the coasts of Oregon and Washington as early as around 1310 GMT, the Portland...

Parry's writing is sensitive, evocative and very observant. His descriptions of Japanese villagers traumatised...

The quake was apparently stronger than a devastating 1985 tremor that flattened swathes of Mexico City...

Japan maintains tight controls on the entry of foreign workers but asylum seekers are allowed to work...

The quake was centred 280km (175 miles) southwest of Fiji's capital Suva

Aftershocks rattled the survivors of a devastating Indonesia earthquake that killed nearly 100 people,...

A strong earthquake off the Pacific Coast of Central America has shaken the region just as a hurricane...

Entire neighbourhoods disappeared in 2011 as a torrent of water swept over barriers and carried away...

A powerful earthquake rocked northern Japan on Tuesday, briefly disrupting cooling functions at a nuclear...