NOAA has two tsunami warning centers, which were established decades ago after tsunamis killed over 100 people. One located in Alaska alerts places along the West Coast, Alaska and Canada and the ...

Funding and staffing cuts are shuttering the monitoring stations that sustain this life-saving early warning system.

Tsunami waves have hit Hawaii after a massive 8.7 earthquake sparked tidal wave fears for the entire west coast. Hawaii’s governor, Josh Green, has said it is still too early to accurately predict the ...

Tsunamis are notoriously difficult to spot on the open ocean as they race towards shore. But in the summer of 2025, ...

Wednesday evening in Waikiki ended in classic Hawaiian style, with a stunning red, orange and gold sunset, children laughing and splashing in waves lapping at the shore – and parents sipping cocktails ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Emergency sirens sounded around Hawaii late Saturday warning about an oncoming tsunami, after a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Canada. Even as many people along ...

Know the difference between a red or yellow tsunami evacuation zone in Hawaii ? Residents who live in red areas of the map, mostly along coastlines and harbors, are in the tsunami evacuation zone and ...

Direct feeds from seismology stations across Alaska are expected to stop in mid-November, state officials say.

One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded struck off the coast of Russia on Wednesday, 30 July 2025, at around 11.30 AM local time (4:30 AM ET), igniting tsunami warnings in a number of ...

Earthquakes and tsunamis in the news over the past few days are a reminder that we live on a dynamic planet with different hazards and associated response times. While tsunamis generated by large, ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Hawaii's tsunami advisory has been lifted after people on the island watched and waited for the past 24 hours. Those on Oahu were evacuated ahead of the first expected wave. Tuesday ...

When an earthquake threatens to turn part of an ocean into fast-moving walls of water, tsunami warning scientists can do nothing for the first five minutes except wait for information. But within the ...