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Tsunami waves hit Hawaii, forcing residents to evacuate from dire threat of 'forceful wall of water'

HONOLULU– The first waves of a tsunami have hit Hawaii after one of the strongest earthquakes in history struck off Russia's eastern coast. Haleiwa, Hawaii measured a tsunami at 4-foot wave amplitude, ...

This lab is key for tracking deadly waves. Its sensors are about to go offline.

After NOAA cut funding to the lab that’s been monitoring seismic activity for more than 25 years, nine stations tracking ...
Orange County Register

Tsunami alerts brought a lot of attention, but little waves. Will that hurt impact of future warnings?

Last week, just after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake violently shook the eastern edge of Russia, Southern Californians were warned to gird for possible impact: a tsunami was headed across the ocean, ...
News 6 WKMG

A tiny California city prone to tsunamis saw the highest waves in continental US after quake

Read full article: Sanford approves rezoning plan for historic Mayfair hotel. Here’s what it will become Lines painted on the center of a road. CRESCENT CITY, Calif. – A small California coastal city ...
KHON2

2 Hawaiʻi island collapses unleashed 2,000-foot tsunamis across the Pacific

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Hawaiʻi is no stranger to the ocean’s power. Most people know tsunamis as towering waves caused by earthquakes far across the Pacific. What many do not know is that the islands ...
New Hampshire Union Leader

Why one of the world’s biggest earthquakes wasn’t followed by a monster tsunami

An 8.8-magnitude earthquake — one of the most powerful ever recorded — struck off the coast of eastern Russia late Tuesday, causing intense shaking for minutes, rattling windows and damaging ...
Reuters

Quake off New Caledonia triggers small tsunami waves, no damage reported

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A powerful undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 struck on Wednesday near New Caledonia in the South Pacific, creating small tsunami waves, but there were no reports of damage ...