Once those were refined, the chances of a tsunami went down,” the spokesperson said. The USGS wrote, “Earthquakes of this size do not usually produce destructive tsunamis. However, small sea ...

In Thailand, for example, seismologists knew early on how big the quake was and that it probably spawned a big tsunami. "But for an hour they didn't know what to do about it," says Curtis.

I do recall Theo saying, what about Mum and Dad? And I didn't have answer, really. You know, I think a lot of us have a lot of wrong notions about what a tsunami looks like. You know, in the films ...

Sheriff's helicopters would fly over the coast to do the same. A siren would sound off in Indian Harbour Beach, which became Florida's first "tsunami-ready" city in 2005 under a National Weather ...

Tsunamis (pronounced soo-ná-mees), also known as seismic sea waves (mistakenly called "tidal waves"), are a series of enormous waves created by an underwater disturbance such as an earthquake ...

Tsunami advisory (0.2 to 1 meter): People at sea will be at risk of being caught in fast currents. However, people on land will be relatively safe as long as they do not approach the coast or the ...

The tsunami, the first wave of which hit shore less ... “What are you going to do about the car on the beach?” Tetsuji asked. “Forget about it. Just run!” the brother said.

Earthquakes are unpredictable but if they do occur undersea then a system of ocean sensors can detect tsunamis and warnings can be issued based on sophisticated modelling. Such a tsunami warning ...

There are a number of hazards caused by plate tectonics including earthquakes and tsunamis. Earthquakes have both primary effects (such as the destruction of buildings) and secondary effects (such ...