A powerful 8.8-magnitude undersea earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on 29 July 2025, triggering a widespread tsunami warning that extended to Hawaii, Alaska, and the U.S. West Coast.

WASHINGTON — Funding has been canceled by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which is expected to impact real-time tsunami alerts. According to experts, a $300,000 contract was ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is halting a contract that makes it possible for the federal agency to accurately monitor for potential tsunamis in Alaska — and quickly warn ...

Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), the top Democrat on the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, is demanding answers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) after ...

This image captures the modeled propagation of the tsunami wave generated by an 8.8 magnitude megathrust earthquake off the coast of Kamchatcka, Russia on July 29,2025. When an 8.8 magnitude ...

SEATTLE — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ended a contract with the Alaska Earthquake Center that helped maintain some seismic stations and transmit data in real time. Alaska state ...

On April 1, 1946, a magnitude 8.6 earthquake struck near Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, triggering a tsunami that barreled across the Pacific and killed 159 people on the island of Hawaii. In the ...

SEATTLE — One of the largest earthquakes in recorded history struck Tuesday afternoon off the coast of Russia, prompting tsunami alerts to go out across the West Coast of the U.S. But what does each ...

The west coast of the United States will be significantly more at risk from maritime earthquakes and tsunamis after this month. Nine seismic monitoring stations along the Alaskan coast are set to go ...

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