Confusion surrounding last Wednesday’s midday tsunami alert opened opportunities to better coordinate warnings among federal ...

Imagine a massive wall of water slamming into the West Coast, giving residents just minutes to escape. This nightmare ...

On July 16, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck south of the Alaska Peninsula, and four days later, a 7.4 occurred off the east ...

A tsunami watch was issued around 9 p.m. on Saturday, July 19, from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. “They put us in a ...

A tsunami warning that was then downgraded to an advisory was triggered by a 7.3-magnitude quake in the Gulf of Alaska on Wednesday, according to data from the U.S. Tsunami Warning System, which is ...

The cost of repair or replacement has been estimated as high as $20 million, and cell phone alerts, while far from a perfect warning system, is the primary technology the city relies on.

Several earthquakes, including a 7.4 magnitude one, struck off the Russian coast on Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, prompting brief warnings of potential tsunami waves on the nearby ...

Hawaii’s unique position in the center of the Pacific Ocean makes it particularly vulnerable to tsunamis from both distant ...