When a meteorite with the mass of four Mount Everests hit Earth 3.2 billion years ago, it caused global chaos and provided an ...

Tsunamis and tidal waves are the powerful types of wave on Earth, but very different processes are involved in their formation.

The gigantic wave, measuring 650 feet (200 meters ... The landslide that caused the giant tsunami was the result of climate ...

causing a 200m-high “mega-tsunami”. In the “after” photographs of the location, a mark is visible on the glacier - left by the sediment that the giant wave hurled upwards. Tsunamis ...

When the first major tsunami warning was issued ... did not know the unexpected level of crisis until they say the giant wave rushing to their place. The same phrase was used for the evacuating ...

Satellite data show the shape of a wave as water sloshed around Dickson Fjord after a rockslide triggered a tsunami. The SWOT ...

The main objective of this year's World Tsunami Awareness Day is to raise consciousness about reducing the risks created by these giant waves and improving community preparedness. Although ...

There may be more than one wave and the succeeding one may be larger than the one before. That is why a small tsunami at one beach can be a giant wave a few miles away. All tsunamis are ...

Hundreds of Indonesians fled for higher ground Wednesday as they ran through disaster drills in the region worst hit by the ...

The Delta Flume is a massive wave tank in the Netherlands. It's nearly 1,000- feet long. It holds more than 9 million liters of water. But how does it help with tsunami research? A huge wave board ...

Following is a transcript of the video. This is how scientists study tsunamis. A huge wave board pushes the water at one end. It pushes with enough force to shove aside five brick houses.

Scientists used sonar equipment to image the giant chunks of rock that slid ... describing from on-the-ground studies how high the tsunami waves must have been and how far inland they reached.