Japan wanted World Tsunami Awareness Day in November to recognize the heroic actions of Hamaguchi Goryo who lit the rice harvest on fire to grab people’s attention and light the evacuation route to ...

Tsunami warnings are not uncommon along the West coast, where warning sirens and signs in many areas provide a terrifying warning for coastal residents: A wall of water could potentially be coming ...

SRI LANKA, — This December marks the 20th anniversary of the Boxing Day tsunami, one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history. On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the ...

Most tsunamis are terrifying, but mega tsunamis are on a whole different scale. These colossal waves can reach unimaginable heights, sometimes over 1,000 feet, and race inland with little to no ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A major, preliminary magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck in the South Atlantic Ocean late Thursday, the United States Geological Survey reported. The U.S. National Oceanic ...

Geophysicist here. I remember attending a lecture in Perth, Western Australia on damage from the tsunami a few months after the event. The speaker showed a video sequence of people walking around in ...

Scientists were able to use satellite data to gather critical information about a tsunami generated by a magnitude 8.8 ...