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 ...

Fifteen years ago, the world watched in horror as Japan was struck by the most powerful earthquake in its recorded history — ...

Two powerful quakes struck off the southern Philippines on Friday, killing at least six people and triggering tsunami warnings that were later lifted. The biggest of the quakes, with a magnitude of ...

When a massive earthquake hits, the shifting seafloor can trigger a series of large, powerful waves. Coastal California residents were ordered to evacuate Tuesday, July 29, following a huge undersea ...

For decades, Kotoku Wamura was mocked for building an enormous floodgate in his village. But when a massive tsunami struck, his vision saved an entire town.

Tsunami advisories have been lifted across the Oregon coast after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula at 4:25 p.m. Tuesday Pacific Time. Officials haven’t reported any ...

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 ...

On July 29, an 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. It prompted tsunami warnings across the Pacific region. Tsunami waves reached Hawaii and the West Coast but evacuation ...

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 ...

Residents across Humboldt, Del Norte, and Mendocino counties are encouraged to participate in the annual North Coast Tsunami Drill on Wednesday, March 25, at 11 a.m. This exercise is coordinated by ...