Most people were unprepared when the 2004 tsunami hit South Asia. Tsunamis weren't as common in the Indian Ocean as in the Pacific, and there wasn't a warning system in place.. Tsunamis have long ...

“Tsunamis radiate outward in all directions from the point of origin and can move across entire ocean basins,” the service said. When the waves reach land, they can cause coastal flooding, and ...

According to the database, Japan has had the most tsunamis since 1900, followed by Russia and Indonesia.A magnitude 9.2 temblor, the second most powerful earthquake ever recorded globally, caused ...

The biggest tsunami ever recorded was in Lituya Bay, Alaska, reaching an astonishing 1,724 feet in the air. On July 9, 1958, ...

Late Thursday morning, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake shook parts of Northern California, the shallow quake occurred 72 miles off the coast of Eureka and briefly prompted a wide tsunami warning.

TOKYO — Japan has issued a tsunami alert after a magnitude 7.5 quake in the northeastern area of the country. The quakes, the largest of which had a magnitude of 7.6, started a fire and ...