The disaster gave rise to global tsunami warning networks, saving countless lives since, as seen in Japan's 2011 Tohoku event ...

NASA’s SWOT satellite has done something no satellite has ever done before — it captured a giant Pacific tsunami in stunning ...

The image looks almost abstract at first, a set of pale bands sweeping across the Pacific that could be mistaken for clouds or camera noise. In reality, it is the signature of a wall of water ...

Last week's earthquake off the coast of Humboldt County triggered a tsunami warning that urged people across a huge swath of California and part of Oregon to move to higher ground, regardless of how ...

Tsunamis are among the most catastrophic natural hazards, triggered by seismic and non-seismic events, such as underwater earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, atmospheric disturbances, and ...

PASADENA, Calif. – A wave of new NASA research on tsunamis has yielded an innovative method to improve existing tsunami warning systems, and a potentially groundbreaking new theory on the source of ...

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 ...

Caltech Geologist Kerry Sieh traveled to Indonesia just days after the tsunami devastated the region. His blog from the ground tells of the devastation he and his team witnessed, and explains the ...