Brian Garcia, a warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service based in Monterey, was in the East Bay on Thursday morning when an earthquake alert, then a tsunami alert, hit his ...

On Wednesday morning (local time), an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck just off the coast of eastern Russia. It was the sixth strongest earthquake on record! The great earthquake triggered tsunami ...

When a powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s eastern coast, it triggered tsunami warnings across the Pacific, from Japan to the shores of Hawaii and Alaska. Cruise ships, often seen as ...

They may be relatively rare, but they rank among nature’s most destructive forces. This week, we’re exploring the science behind tsunamis. * The word itself means “harbor wave” in Japanese, and it’s ...

New satellite images are helping scientists understand a major tsunami that changed the landscape of a popular tourist ...

The magnitude 7.5 earthquake, and subsequent tsunami, that struck Indonesia days ago has resulted in at least 1,200 deaths. Authorities are still gauging the extent of the damage, but it’s clear the ...

Tidal waves and tsunamis — the two most powerful types of wave on Earth— are often confused in popular discourse. While the terms are sometimes used synonymously, tidal waves and tsunamis actually ...

Tsunami warnings have been issued in regions across the Pacific, including Hawaii, Alaska, Russia and Japan, following a magnitude 8.8 "megaquake" — the joint-sixth largest ever recorded — that hit ...