A significant 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the southern coast of Chile and Argentina, prompting a tsunami warning. Chilean authorities initially ordered coastal evacuations in the ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - April is Tsunami Awareness Month in Hawaii, however emergency managers are reminding the public to be ready year-round. Let’s review what you need to know in case a ...

A tsunami is a series of large, persistent waves caused by the sudden displacement of a body of water. Earthquakes are responsible for more than 80 per cent of tsunamis that form around the world ...

A strong 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit near Tonga, prompting an initial tsunami warning that was later lifted for the Pacific island country. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake hit about 100 ...

December 26, 2024, marks the 20th year since the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. The tsunami generated by the quake of magnitude 9.1 was sourced off the Sumatran coast and was the third ...

The resulting tsunami unleashed waves more than 100 feet high and as fast as an airliner. Within hours, the tsunami had claimed nearly 230,000 human lives and displaced millions of people in 12 ...

The resultant disruptions of shipping lanes result in billions of dollars in losses every day, as was seen in the 2011 tsunami that hit the Tohoku Region. To better assess the ripple effect a ...

Twenty years ago, the seafloor west of Indonesia abruptly pushed upward as a deep undersea fault, where two of Earth’s tectonic plates meet, slipped. The upward shove violently shifted the ...

It was a typical sunny Thursday morning — and suddenly messages popped up on millions of cell phones across the Bay Area and Northern California: “Tsunami warning … you are in danger ...

Fear, anxiety and confusion swept across the West Coast early Thursday when a rare tsunami warning was issued for parts of Northern California and southern Oregon following a magnitude 7 ...

Millions of people were told to prepare for a tsunami after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of northern California. Officials raised the alarm after the quake struck at 10.44am ...