On Tuesday, a powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the area around Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula, resulting in tsunami ...

On March 11, 2011, the Tōhoku mega-earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Japan, triggering a catastrophic tsunami. At magnitude 9.1, it was one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded ...

Tsunamis are among the most catastrophic natural hazards, triggered by seismic and non-seismic events, such as underwater earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, atmospheric disturbances, and ...

"We should count it as a win that a tsunami occurred, we got a warning and it wasn’t the worst-case scenario," a seismic ...

The Science of Tsunamis Mechanical engineer Alban Sauret and colleagues develop a model to better understand the forces that generate these devastating waves  James Badham The word “tsunami” brings ...

Earthquakes along strike-slip faults can cause tsunamis in certain contexts, a new model shows — and such faults exist right off parts of California.

New analyses reveal that the undersea volcanic eruption in Tonga triggered waves that rival those from the 19th-century Krakatau eruption.

In this webinar experts will survey the state of the art of tsunami science - an inherently multi-disciplinary field that encompasses everything from advanced hydrodynamics, data science and machine ...

Russia’s magnitude 8.8 earthquake spawned serious tsunami warnings, but waves have been moderate so far. Here’s the ...

NPR's Michel Martin talks with geologist Stephen Johnston about how the tsunami in Indonesia overnight was triggered.

The word tsunami is now universally used to describe massive, devastating sea waves, but its origin lies deep within Japanese culture and language. Over time, global catastrophes forced the world ...