When such changes indicate a tsunami passing overhead, a sensor sends a signal with data to a buoy directly above, which forwards the message via satellite to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center ...

They used everything from seismometer data, satellite imagery, field measurements, and tsunami simulations to piece together what actually happened. The first thing they looked at was satellite ...

Satellite images show the moment an undersea volcano in the Pacific nation of Tonga erupted and triggered a tsunami, which damaged the archipelago’s coastline. Many homes were destroyed and vast ...

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The picture was assembled from radar images acquired on Wednesday by the ICEYE-X2 satellite ... Java and Sumatra in the Sunda Strait when the tsunami hit. Scientists relied heavily on radar ...

The 2004 tsunami killed more than 5,000 people in Thailand, according to official figures, with 3,000 missing. Now the country's two DART buoys are linked by satellite to a nationwide network of ...

The commission said Tonga police had confirmed two deaths from the tsunami, including one who was a British national. Satellite images captured the spectacular eruption, with a plume of ash ...

The 2004 tsunami killed more than 5,000 people in Thailand, according to official figures, with 3,000 missing. Now the country’s two Dart buoys are linked by satellite to a nationwide network of ...