However, recent research from academics at the California Institute of Technology says strike-slip faults can generate large tsunamis ... quake hit Ridgecrest in 2019. With reporting from ...

In 2011, the deadliest quake and subsequent tsunami in recent Japanese history struck northwest of the capital Tokyo and killed at least 20,000 people. The 9.1 magnitude Tohoku earthquake spiraled ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Geological evidence discovered in 2013 suggested that an earthquake along ...