Here is a look at tsunamis. Tsunamis are formed by a displacement of water – a landslide, earthquake, volcanic eruption, or slippage of the boundary between two of the earth’s tectonic plates – slabs ...

Tsunami-hit nations will next week commemorate the more than 220,000 people who died in the Boxing Day disaster two decades ago, when huge waves tore into coastal communities around the Indian Ocean.

Damage at the Port of Brookings, Ore., after the tsunami from Japan in 2011. The entire Southern Oregon coast is breathing a collective sigh of relief. A strong earthquake off the coast of ...

Northern California was under a rare and brief tsunami warning alert Thursday that ... a warning alert was 2011 when an earthquake in Japan caused about $100 million in damages along the ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — On Thursday, at least 5.3 million people in California and Oregon were impacted by a tsunami warning after a measured magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit, according to the U.S ...

Tsunamis are rare natural disasters. The last tsunami warning in California was issued in response to a magnitude-9.1 earthquake that struck Japan in 2011, also know as the “Fukushima event.” ...

Confusion ensued after a Tsunami Warning was issued Thursday minutes after an earthquake was detected off the Northern California coast and canceled soon after. The Tsunami Warning, which means a ...

Tsunami warning raised questions about Bay Area emergency preparation and response 07:38 A tsunami warning from the National Weather Service revealed an uneven response by Bay Area cities ...

The National Weather Service canceled a tsunami warning for the U.S. West Coast after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck California The National Weather Service canceled its tsunami warning for the ...

The earthquake struck off coast of Northern California. Image courtesy: US Tsunami Warning System A powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Northern California on Thursday (December ...