Dozens of earthquakes rocked the region, but a tsunami didn't seem imminent. Then the massive waves began crashing in.

The Alaska Earthquake Center has long provided NOAA with seismic data for tsunami monitoring and warning purposes. That work will wind down in November, after the federal agency said it can no longer ...

Wednesday, Nov. 5 is World Tsunami Awareness Day. Humboldt and Del Norte counties have experienced two tsunami warnings in ...

A 1,000-foot tsunami crashing into the U.S. might sound like science fiction — but scientists say it’s a very real ...

I always wanted to be a public servant and do science for the good of the people,” said Corina Allen, who lost her job at ...

The earthquake near the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia on July 30, 2025, generated tsunami waves that have reached Hawaii and coastal areas of the U.S. mainland. The earthquake’s ...

It was a very early morning in August when an entire mountainside in Alaska’s Tracy Arm fjord detached and slid into the deep ocean water beneath it.

A 6.9-magnitude aftershock jolted quake-hit southern Philippines, triggering a fresh tsunami alert just hours after an ...

The term “Silver Tsunami” describes the wave of baby boomers reaching retirement age. As life expectancy increases and the population ...

The disaster killed 15,900 people, with 2,520 people still listed as missing as of the end of February, according to the ...