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 ...

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 ...

It was centered about 80 miles offshore, and tsunami warnings went up immediately. In coastal cities, people knew what to do next: run to higher ground. It’s from these vantage points on hills ...

A tsunami racing across an ocean and causing damage or deaths more than 620 miles (1,000 kilometers) away happens about twice a decade. Where do they occur? Tsunamis can occur in any ocean ...

A catastrophic 7.5 magnitude earthquake and 20-foot high tsunami struck Sulawesi, Indonesia on Friday, killing more than 1,200 people, causing widespread destruction, and impacting hundreds of ...