Remembering Tsunami of 2004

After 12 years of the Tsunami, DTE relives the disaster

Tsunami forecast set to move to the next level

A new tool will help disaster management authorities to know how far the waves will move into the land at different places along the Indian coast

Japan nuclear crisis: implications for India

Why Indonesia needs better tsunami warning systems

Experts believe that massive underwater landslides following the Anak Krakatau volcanic eruption are responsible for the latest tsunami, but more …

Is India better prepared if a 2004-like tsunami strikes again?

Next month will mark 14 years since the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami killed thousands 

Learning from disasters

Crores of money pours in after every disaster. But only a fraction reaches the people for whom it is meant

Social media videos can unravel reason behind a giant tsunami

Researchers use 38 such videos of the tsunami to reconstruct Indonesia earthquake

Semblance of relief

7.8 magnitude temblor rocks Indonesia, tsunami warnings issued and withdrawn later

No loss of life has been reported yet

Block aid

Relief in verse

Poem>> Tsunami • Japan

Maluku earthquake: Why do some ocean earthquakes cause tsunamis while others don’t?

Shallow subduction zone earthquakes actually displace the seafloor and the ocean above it

Earthquake of magnitude 8.1 strikes Mexico; at least 15 killed

Its epicentre was 123 km (76 miles) southwest of the town of Pijijiapan, at a depth of 33 km

19 years of reportage on nuclear energy, quakes & tsunami

The first nuclear story Down To Earth (DTE) reported was on Japan. Sixteen years ago, DTE carried a story on 14 tonnes of UK's nuclear waste that …

Sea walls opposed

Andaman's ecology will suffer

A 7.9-magnitude earthquake hits off Alaska coast; Tsunami warming across US west coast, Canada

It happened hours after the coast of Java in Indonesia was struck by a 6.1-magnitude earthquake

Miracle amid ruins

SCULPTURE>>NUCLEAR DISASTER • Japan

Message in a bottle

Facebook>> Tsunami • Canada/Japan

South Asia

Earthquake, tsunami kill 844 in Indonesia

The death toll is expected to rise further because the authorities have not reached all affected areas yet

A monster earthquake hits Honduras; Tsunami alert issued in other Caribbean nations

The 7.6 magnitude earthquake rattled windows and shook the mainland, triggering Tsunami fears in surrounding nations

Twelve years later, impact of Tsunami still makes waves

Down To Earth revists the causes of the massive earthquake that triggered tsunami 12 years ago and the progress scientists have made towards …

Southern Chile hit by 7.6-magnitude earthquake; infrastructural damage reported

Though there were at least dozens of weaker aftershocks, damage was restricted to the highway that runs across Chiloe Island

Making waves: the tsunami risk in Australia

Australia is surrounded by ocean, so it is not immune to the effects of tsunamis. But how significant is the risk?

Earthquake off Indonesian coast triggers tsunami alarm

Pacific Tsunami Warning Center’s revised alert says tsunami threat has passed