On Tuesday, at 4:25pm PDT, an earthquake struck 80 miles off the Kamchatka Peninsula. The magnitude 8.7 quake, which reportedly struck at a depth of 46 miles off Russia, prompted tsunami warnings for Japan, Hawaii, Guam, Alaska, and the entire west coast. NOAA documented the quake, and issued the resulting tsunami warnings.

HAUULA, Hawaii (KHON2) — Living in rural communities comes with challenges, including limited resources, especially during a disaster. A tsunami warning on Tuesday, July 29, gave us a stark reminder of that. But one group has been working on emergency ...

Scientists used satellite data to study a rare tsunami. They examined the event with improved clarity today. The SWOT satellite provided this detailed information recently.

Last week, an 8.8 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia produced a tsunami that spread across the Pacific Ocean and triggered a tsunami advisory on the West Coast. For communities on Oregon’s North Coast and in Southwest Washington, it didn’t ...

SEATTLE — A confirmed earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 at 3:25 p.m. PST, 315 miles southwest of Bering Island, Komandorski, and 80 miles southeast of Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka, in Russia, has started a slew of small tsunamis throughout the Pacific Coast.

The deadliest volcanic disaster in Japan’s history did not end with fire or ash, but with water. When the slopes of a restless mountain collapsed into the sea in 1792, the impact hurled a towering wall of water across a bay and into coastal communities,