British mother, 56, is killed when earthquake causes 'freak wave' that smashed her against rocks

Chantelle Buck-Forrest says her 56-year-old mother Rose Buck went for a swim on the morning of Wednesday February 25 while on holiday in Costa Adeje, Tenerife.

New Zealand quake offers lessons in supporting foreign victims

In the aftermath of the devastating 2011 earthquake in New Zealand that left 185 people dead, mostly from overseas, officials ...

'Life is a miracle,' but learning from disasters isn't: Lessons from Japan's 2011 earthquake and tsunami

In April 2012, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle was found on Graham Island in the Haida Gwaii archipelago off the coast of British Columbia. It belonged to Ikuo Yokoyama, a survivor of the earthquake and ...