It was early morning of August 10, 2025 in Southeast Alaska when there were only a few known people within a few miles of ...

Landslide-induced tsunamis are generated when mass-scale failures, including subaerial and submarine landslides, abruptly displace water and initiate tsunami waves. These events have captured ...

Vessels are lined up in Whittier's harbor on July 16, 2025. The harbor look out onto western Prince WIlliam Sound, which is packed with melting glaciers and narrow fjords, where steep slopes are at ...

New research demonstrates shipborne navigation systems have potential to improve tsunami detection and warning. Landslide-generated tsunamis pose a serious risk to coastal communities, particularly ...

A mysterious seismic pulse shook Earth for 9 days in 2023, traced to a colossal Greenland landslide and 650-foot mega tsunami. How did one fjord send vibrations across the planet?

Tsunamis pose a danger to every community across Canada’s three coastlines. A tsunami is a series of large, persistent waves caused by the sudden displacement of a body of water. Earthquakes are ...

Liquefaction: Areas along waterways are at the greatest risk of liquefaction. Divided between “low,” “moderate,” and “high,” severity, the map puts Santa Maria, Lompoc, Buellton, Ballard, Los Olivos, ...

Move over earthquakes, tsunamis have taken center stage. I will acknowledge the largest magnitude earthquake since 2011, but the Kamchatka M8.8 did little shaking damage and the tsunami was the bigger ...

Tsunamis have hit Washington before and they will again — just not today. A massive earthquake in Russia late Tuesday triggered fears of a tsunami up and down the West Coast, but by Wednesday morning, ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — One of the world's strongest earthquakes struck Russia's Far East this week, causing tsunami waves in Japan and Alaska, and prompting warnings for Hawaii, North and Central ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Hawaiʻi is no stranger to the ocean’s power. Most people know tsunamis as towering waves caused by earthquakes far across the Pacific. What many do not know is that the islands ...