Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When a magnitude 8.8 earthquake ruptured off the coast of Russia this summer, it triggered a Pacific-wide tsunami, causing waves ...

A massive earthquake of 8.8 magnitude struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula early on Wednesday, triggering widespread tsunami waves of up to 5m (16ft) and sparked evacuation orders in Hawaii and ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Fears of a devastating tsunami faded Wednesday for the U.S. and Japan after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off a sparsely populated Russian peninsula, but new ...

Two-and-a-half years after a massive tsunami devoured Minamisanriku, a small fishing town in Japan's northeast, decimating its coastal areas and leaving nearly 800 people dead or missing, residents ...

The curious minds at What If explore the thrill and danger of surfing on a massive tsunami, examining the forces, speed, and ...

New findings published in the journal Science help explain why the 2011 earthquake off the coast of Japan created such a large tsunami. An international team of geologists and geophysicists drilled ...

The Surface Water Ocean Topography satellite captured high resolution measurements of this summer’s Pacific tsunami. The satellite imagery is the first of its kind, bringing new detail and insight to ...