A magnitude 8.2 earthquake caused a tsunami that killed more than 5,200 people on Dec. 30, 1703, according to NOAA data. The event occurred off the southwest Boso Peninsula, which is just south of ...

Imagine a wall of water taller than the Empire State Building crashing through a quiet fjord in the dead of night. No warning ...

On the night of July 9, 1958, along the Fairweather Fault in the Alaska Panhandle, nature unleashed the largest tsunami ever recorded after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake triggered a colossal ...

This geological event caused approximately 40 million cubic yards of rock to crash into the narrow fjord of Lituya Bay, ...

One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded has sent a tsunami crashing into a Russian port and smaller waves ...

On the night of July 9, 1958, along the Fairweather Fault in the Alaska Panhandle, nature unleashed the largest tsunami ever recorded after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake triggered a colossal ...

Tsunami alerts blanketed the West Coast and Alaska after one of the strongest earthquakes in recorded history.

The US Geological survey said the earthquake was shallow, with its epicentre at a depth of about 19km (12 miles) and 119 km ...

The world's largest tsunami sent waves taller than The Shard, Empire State Building, and Eiffel Tower.

It also caused a series of tsunamis, with the biggest waves hitting Tohoku, a region in north Japan, where 33-foot-high waves hit the city of Sendai.

“Residents and visitors who evacuated may return home at this time. Please use caution and patience as traffic will likely ...

A tsunami warning has been issued for Hawaii, where waves set off by an 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Russia’s remote Far East ...