Fear, anxiety and confusion swept across the West Coast early Thursday when a rare tsunami warning was issued for parts of Northern California and southern Oregon following a magnitude 7 earthquake ...

A traffic police officer in Peru sets up a roadblock during a tsunami warning in La Punta, Callao province on July 30, 2025. Alerts were issued in countries across the Pacific, following a massive 8.8 ...

Residents across Northern California's coast were told to quickly evacuate Thursday morning and urged to seek higher ground after a magnitude 7 earthquake off the coast of Humboldt County prompted a ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The quake that rocked Taiwan is a stark reminder of how quickly and unexpectedly an earthquake can trigger a dangerous tsunami. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center Science Officer Stuart ...

Not long ago, tsunamis triggered by powerful offshore earthquakes could strike with no warning. Walls of water would sweep across the Pacific, devastating coastal communities thousands of miles from ...

Tsunamis are a destructive and deadly hazard for coastal communities across Canada and around the world. A tsunami is a series of large, persistent waves caused by the sudden displacement of a body of ...

Several factors help determine whether a given earthquake will generate a dangerous tsunami, but the process is not yet fully understood. Tsunami alerts lit up Siri Zama's phone on Tuesday. The ...

Tsunami alerts lit up Siri Zama's phone on Tuesday. The 28-year-old high school teacher in Kapolei, Hawaii, fled inland. "It was raining, and the clouds got real dark. It was just a little scary. I ...