A thick layer of slippery clay on the ocean floor may have formed the weak spot that enabled a magnitude 9.1 quake to make ...

After months of earthquakes and eruptions, residents near Mount Unzen were reassured that the danger had passed. They returned home, went about their evening, and gathered near the coast as night fell ...

That is the plight of Sri Lanka, which since November has been recovering from Cyclone Ditwah. An inexperienced ...

On July 29, 2025, the world’s sixth biggest recorded earthquake struck Russia, triggering a tsunami whose waves reached as far as the U.S.’s West Coast. Data from an unexpected source—space—has shed ...

ASTORIA, Ore. — Residents of this small coastal city in the Pacific Northwest know what to do when there's a tsunami warning: Flee to higher ground. For those in or near Columbia Memorial, the city's ...

There is no threat of tsunami after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck southeast Alaska today, officials said. The quake struck at 10:41 a.m. Hawaii time and was centered about 56 miles north of ...

PASADENA, Calif. - A joint U.S.-French ocean satellite has captured the first high-resolution images of a massive Pacific tsunami, offering scientists a rare, sweeping view of wave behavior previously ...

An earthquake powerful enough to rank among the top 10 strongest earthquakes on record struck off the coast of Russia on July 29, triggering a series of tsunami warnings and watches. The earthquake ...

8.8 magnitude quake strikes near city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Tsunami of 3-5 metres recorded in Kamchatka Peninsula Tsunami waves reach French Polynesia but smaller than feared Warnings issued, ...

CRIMINAL HISTORY. RIGHT NOW, PARTS OF THE PACIFIC COAST IN AMERICA AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE EFFECTS OF THAT MAJOR EARTHQUAKE IN RUSSIA. IT TRIGGERED TSUNAMI ALERTS ...