You may notice tsunami signs when visiting Oregon's coastal destinations. Here's what they mean and how to prepare yourself in case of a disaster.

Disaster Control Research Center, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Aoba 6–6–11–1104, Aramaki, Aoba–Ku, Sendai 980–8579, Japan ...

A tsunami warning has been lifted for Tonga after a strong 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck near the Pacific Island country. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center initially warned of potential ...

Following the earthquake, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning, cautioning that hazardous waves could impact coastal areas within a 300-kilometer radius from the epicenter.

The quake prompted a brief “Tsunami Threat” for Tonga ... also prompt U.S.G.S. scientists to update the shake-severity map. An aftershock is usually a smaller earthquake that follows a ...

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Tonga early Monday morning, prompting a tsunami warning that has since been lifted. The U.S. Geological Survey said that the earthquake hit about ...

A tragedy to which another could now be added. After an earthquake, one of the questions that may arise is: is there a real risk of a tsunami in Myanmar after what happened? Experts routinely warn ...

"The state's recently updated the inundation maps, so we know that ... the earthquakes that would cause a tsunami are a great distance away up on the Oregon and Washington coast and up in Alaska.

They also demonstrated how to evacuate safely if a tsunami reaches the Santa Barbara County coastline. New maps highlight areas ... with potential for damaging inundation. According to the ...

The measurement of the depth of the ocean floor from the water surface and is the oceanic equivalent of topography. Inundation: The horizontal extent of flooding from the sea. Moment Magnitude (Mw): A ...

But a small tsunami did take place. "What we did see was on our tsunami gauge at Puysegur Point...we did have a 10cm tsunami observed for about 90 minutes," GNS Seismic duty officer Sam Taylor-Offord ...

The possibility of a tsunami, arriving swiftly and with little warning, prompted calls for immediate evacuation to higher ground. ‘In these areas a tsunami may have been generated and may arrive ...