One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia's sparsely populated Far East on Wednesday, causing tsunamis across the Pacific and sparking evacuations from Hawaii to Japan. Here are key ...

There are two big challenges when it comes to tsunamis: first making sure people in the tsunami zone are notified and know ...

The Pacific Northwest, celebrated for its forests, coffee culture, and dramatic coastlines, is sitting on a geological time bomb. Beneath the calm surface of the Pacific, the Cascadia Subduction Zone ...

Tsunami alerts lit up Siri Zama's phone on Tuesday. The 28-year-old high school teacher in Kapolei, Hawaii, fled inland. "It was raining, and the clouds got real dark. It was just a little scary. I ...

Tsunamis can happen on any U.S. coast, according to the government's Ready Campaign. The Pacific and Caribbean coastlines, however, are at the greatest risk. So what's the difference between a watch ...

Know the difference between a red or yellow tsunami evacuation zone in Hawaii? Residents who live in red areas of the map, mostly along coastlines and harbors, are in the tsunami evacuation zone and ...

The answer to Spracklen's question was actually "no"—cruise ships in the open ocean are generally not at risk from tsunamis. The main danger from a tsunami is its massive wall of water and force as it ...

The Mediterranean Sea is widely perceived as having a low tsunami risk. History and recent modeling technology have demonstrated that destructive waves have already hit the French coast and could do ...