Nearly 90% of tsunamis are natural disasters caused by earthquakes, but not all earthquakes form tsunamis: A few conditions have to be met first. First, tsunamis are what happen after underwater ...

Scientists are using them to study the properties of waves in order to be able to predict how tsunamis and other natural disasters will behave in real-life scenarios. Story by Jacob Shamsian and ...

A magnitude-6.9 earthquake struck Japan’s Kyushu region late Monday night, prompting brief tsunami advisories for coastal areas in Miyazaki and Kochi prefectures. The waves, initially projected ...