HONOLULU--One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded sent a tsunami crashing into a Russian port and smaller waves barreling across the Pacific to the Americas and south to New Zealand.
Twenty-foot waves cresting off Westport. Swift and dangerous currents coursing through Hood Canal. Tsunami water pushing down to Olympia and up to Washington’s northern border with Canada. For the ...
It was 2004, the day after Christmas, and thousands of European and American tourists had flocked to the beaches of Thailand, Sri Lanka and Indonesia to escape the winter chill in a tropical paradise.
They’re unassuming waves far out at sea, which can turn into a massive wall of water slamming the coast. Tsunamis are among the most destructive natural phenomena on Earth -- and while their impact ...
On July 29, 2025, at 23:24 Universal Time, a long stretch of seafloor off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula was thrust upward. The magnitude 8.8 earthquake was the largest on Earth since the Tohoku ...
A massive landslide in Alaska triggered a 1,580-foot (481-metre) tsunami in August 2025, producing the second-highest tsunami wave recorded in history. The disaster unfolded just hours after tourists ...
The Mediterranean may seem far removed from the world’s major tsunami zones, but history and modern modeling show that destructive waves can strike the French Riviera with surprisingly little warning.
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a renewed tsunami warning for parts of Australia after an undersea volcano near Tonga erupted.
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