That makes Liang Metanduno the home of the oldest known artwork in the world, beating the previous contender (a Neanderthal ...

Firefighters and security forces in Chile are battling deadly wildfires that have killed at least 21 people and destroyed vast areas of forests.

For decades, researchers thought that an October 1843 earthquake on the small Greek island of Chalke caused a powerful ...

Chile is facing a severe wildfire emergency marked by unusually large and fast-moving fires that have killed people, ...

Wildfires continue to devastate central and southern Chile, consuming over 170 square miles and causing at least 20 deaths ...

Wildfires that have killed 19 people in southern Chile and wiped out entire towns, raged for a third day Monday, fanned by ...

Before the 2004 tsunami, researchers found traces of coral reef uplift on Simeulue Island, Aceh, which caused ancient ...

The first “Big One” earthquake in more than a decade has rattled the world. What if it had happened anywhere else? Say, California? Or Japan?

An earthquake of preliminary magnitude 7.6 struck off the tip of South America this morning, but does not pose a tsunami threat to Hawaii. The major temblor struck at 10:29 a.m. Hawaii time and its ...

The threat of tsunami waves for coastal regions of Chile quickly passed, after a large earthquake in the body of water that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. A category 7.5 quake struck the ...

Ancient artifacts dating back to a sunken city from more than 2,000 years ago were pulled out of the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday, according to Egyptian officials. The historic treasures — which ...

On Friday, March 8, 1957, a tsunami that originated in the Aleutian Islands and generated 32 foot waves hit Kauai and destroyed or damaged 75 homes and left 250 people homeless, while washing out six ...