In 2011, Japan was rocked by a 9.0 undersea earthquake and resulting tsunami. It was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan, and the waves it generated spanned up to 30-feet high before ...

No one died in Washington, though four members of the McKinzie family from Tacoma drowned while camping on a beach in Newport ...

HONOLULU – A Pacific-wide tsunami triggered by a historic underwater earthquake off the eastern coast of Russia sent walls of water rushing toward the U.S. and impacted coastal communities in Hawaii ...

Stearns Wharf in Santa Barbara was closed overnight Tuesday into Wednesday due to a tsunami alert. Credit: Ryan Cullom / Noozhawk photo A massive earthquake off the east coast of Russia has prompted a ...

Once again, Jewish people were targeted and attacked on a major religious holiday, marking the latest escalation in an ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- A tsunami apparently caused by the eruption of an island volcano killed at least 62 people around Indonesia's Sunda Strait, sending a wall of water crashing some 65 feet (20 ...

Columbia Memorial Hospital near Oregon's coastline is forging ahead with emergency plans in case of a major earthquake or ...

CANNON BEACH, Ore. (KPTV) - A tsunami advisory has been lifted for the Oregon coast after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit Russia and sent waves around the world. Some on the coast began prepping ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) -- Tsunami alerts were issued for Japan, Hawaii and Alaska after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.7 hit near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. The National Weather ...

When a massive earthquake hits, the shifting seafloor can trigger a series of large, powerful waves. Coastal Washington residents were on the lookout for a tsunami on Tuesday, July 29, following a ...

I visit the Tsunami Memorial in Khao Lak Thailand to reflect on the Khao Lak Tsunami 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami tragedy in ...