A 1,000-foot tsunami striking the U.S. sounds like science fiction — but it’s not. In 1958, a wave over 1,700 feet tall ...

It’s a daunting challenge with the highest possible stakes should an offshore earthquake unleash a wall of incoming seawater. The last megathrust earthquake to hit the region was in 1700, and the ...

Teachers and staff in low-lying schools along the Pacific Northwest coast face an unusual extra responsibility alongside ...

The last major quake hit on January 26, 1700. Based on geological records, it likely had a magnitude between 8.7 and 9.2. That kind of power could strike again.

From there they watched the tsunami pour over the town's 18-foot-high seawall. ... Geologists have found sand deposits up and down the coast that were laid down by a tsunami 312 years ago, in 1700.

With extreme weather becoming more common due to the climate crisis, the past few years have seen some of the most ...

Tsunamis pose a risk to the entirety of the California coast. But should a major one strike, how bad could it be?

Over a thousand miles from the surface, in Earth’s D” layer—right on the edge of the liquid metal outer core—there is a weird ...

The sudden impact triggered a mega‑tsunami, with waves reaching nearly 200 m (650 ft), that reverberated within the Fjord's steep walls for an astonishing nine days.

A landslide in Greenland's Dickson Fjord triggered a 650-foot mega-tsunami in September 2023. The event caused the Earth to vibrate every 90 seconds for nine days, puzzling scientists initially.

In September 2023, a massive landslide in Greenland's Dickson Fjord triggered a mega-tsunami, sending seismic waves globally for nine days. The 650-foot wave, caused by climate change-induced ...