A magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded under Mount Rainier on Wednesday, the strongest yet in a swarm of over 229 quakes this week. USGS says there's no signs of impending eruption.

The investigators at How to Survive rank the six most devastating tsunamis that profoundly changed coastal communities.

Japan’s new earthquake-detection network lengthens warning times, and researchers in Wales have harnessed nuclear blast ...

Disasters often strike without warning, and some of the greatest threats to humanity are the ones we rarely think about until it’s too late. In this video, we uncover 5 catastrophic events that could ...

Tsunamis are large, powerful waves caused by the displacement of water in an ocean or large lake. They are sometimes referred ...

Tsunamis can occur in any large body of water. But certain areas are prone to tsunamis because of their proximity to the source and other factors, such as depth and the shape of the ocean floor.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The powerful earthquake that struck in Northern California on Thursday prompted a brief tsunami warning affecting about 5 million people along a stretch of the West ...

The powerful earthquake that struck in Northern California on Thursday prompted a brief tsunami warning affecting about 5 million people along a stretch of the West Coast — from Northern ...

List: Historic tsunamis on the California coast There have been significant tsunamis on the California coast dating to 1700. Here's a timeline.

Last Tuesday was the 77th anniversary of the first of two severe earthquakes that occurred off the coast of Tairāwhiti Gisborne in 1947. This earthquake generated one of the largest tsunamis in ...

Complex, volatile coast makes preparing for tsunamis tough in Alaska Educating local residents about the risks carries challenges.