The deadliest recorded tsunami in history claimed hundreds of thousands of lives after a magnitude 9.1 earthquake rocked the Indian Ocean in 2004. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

The word tsunami is now universally used to describe massive, devastating sea waves, but its origin lies deep within Japanese culture and language. Over time, global catastrophes forced the world to ...

It had been more than 12 years since a tsunami warning and statewide coastal evacuation has been issued in Hawaii. In 2012, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck off British Columbia just after 5 p.m ...

Coral skeletons left by a tsunami over 630 years ago are a warning for the Caribbean region, according to new research. An earthquake exceeding magnitude 8.0 rocked the north eastern Caribbean ...

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia’s Far East early Wednesday, causing tsunami waves to wash ashore in Japan and Alaska and calls for people around the Pacific to be on alert ...

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula July 29. The 8.8 magnitude quake prompted tsunami warnings across the Pacific, including Alaska, Hawaii and the ...