Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...

Distant-source tsunami: More than 350 people could die or be injured along the Southern California coast if people wait to evacuate half an hour after an official evacuation warning is given.

But that's a false impression, because the tsunami is coming," he said. The resulting waves would be on the order of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that killed nearly 230,000 people.

The result was a wave over 1,700 feet high, the tallest tsunami ever recorded. Though it occurred in a remote area, the sheer size of the event shocked scientists and remains a cautionary tale.

However, a tsunami that originated due to an earthquake in Chile would take 15 hours to reach Hawaii. If a tsunami warning is issued for your location, make sure to head to higher ground or as far ...

Tsunami waves can travel across deep-ocean waters as fast as 800 km/h, propelling them thousands of kilometres away from the epicentre of an earthquake. Many tsunamis consist of multiple waves ...

Tsunamis pose a danger to every community across Canada’s three coastlines. A tsunami is a series of large, persistent waves caused by the sudden displacement of a body of water.

Tsunami sirens could be heard after the 1:18 a.m. quake urging residents to move inland, according to the Talanoa o Tonga news site. There were no initial reports of damage.

"Tsunami Preparedness Week is a state led effort to try to get communities throughout California who are in tsunami hazard areas to understand the hazard and what they can do to prepare," said Konopa.

A tsunami warning, issued after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean Sea Saturday evening north of Honduras and southwest of the Cayman Islands, was lifted after the tsunami threat ...

What's the worst case tsunami scenario? One of the scariest scenarios for Florida is if a large portion of the Cumbre Vieja volcano collapses off West Africa. Research in 2001 by Simon Day of the ...

People attend a prayer at the Siron mass grave, one of the two major mass burial sites where victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami were laid to rest, in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Dec. 26, 2024.