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 ...

Tsunami waves hit Hawaii, forcing residents to evacuate from dire threat of 'forceful wall of water' The first waves of a tsunami expected to be around three feet in height have began to hit Hawaii ...

The deadliest recorded tsunami in history claimed hundreds of thousands of lives after a magnitude 9.1 earthquake rocked the Indian Ocean in 2004. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

How the tsunami impacted San Diego coast Unlike most tsunamis caused by undersea earthquakes, the unfolding of the Lituya Bay event was triggered by a landslide. This fact has caused some to question ...

Tsunami 2004: what are the biggest earthquakes in history? - It’s been 20 years since a Boxing Day tsunami caused devastation in nations in the Indian Ocean ...

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 ...

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

It was one of the strongest tremors in recorded history, but Wednesday's megathrust earthquake brought less tsunami damage ...