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I Had to Evacuate in Hawai‘i While on Vacation After a Tsunami Warning. This Is What Happened

On July 29, after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off the coast of a peninsula in far-eastern Russia, ...

As tsunami waves swept the Pacific, some in Asia saw signs of a manga prophecy come true

As powerful waves surged across the vast Pacific on Wednesday, people around the world remained glued to their phones, ...

Chile raises its tsunami warning to highest level for most of Pacific coast

Tsunami waves hit Japan, Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast on Wednesday after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia's ...

Tsunami risk appears to pass for U.S. after massive Russian earthquake; South American countries issue new warnings

A tsunami warning issued for Hawaii after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded, an 8.8 magnitude in Russia's Far ...

Tsunami fears ease following 8.8 earthquake: 'A great relief to us'

Memories are more recent – and much more raw – in Japan, where the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake struck with a ...

Here is what the different tsunami alerts mean.

A tsunami warning is the most severe type of emergency alert. In Hawaii, sirens and text messages alerted residents that a ...

Big quake, tiny waves: Minor tsunami impact last week along California’s coast highlights an imperfect, evolving science

The huge earthquake in eastern Russian generated the threat of a tsunami along with lots of anxiety among coastal dwellers in ...

What are the biggest tsunamis ever? How July 29 earthquake, tsunami compares.

A magnitude 8.2 earthquake caused a tsunami that killed more than 5,200 people on Dec. 30, 1703, according to NOAA data. The ...