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 ...

The Atlantic coastline is vulnerable to tsunamis triggered by earthquakes and landslides across the ocean basin ...

Tsunamis, the massive displacement of water caused by earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions or man-made causes, are some of the most destructive natural disasters in the world. As the world ...

Japan’s Meteorological Agency downgraded its tsunami alert to an advisory in the Pacific coast south of Fukushima, with the ...

A groundbreaking study from Virginia Tech warned that three US states are at significant risk of experiencing catastrophic ...

Fears of a devastating tsunami across the Pacific were fading after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off ...

Tsunami survivor Dendy Montgomery, 46, wasn't planning on working on Dec. 26, 2004 — then the world's worst tsunami was triggered by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Indonesia ...

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

A 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of New Britain Island in Papua New Guinea early this morning, leading to a tsunami warning for the region, according to the US Geological Survey. The ...

The tsunami that struck Japan last Friday is among the most severe in the past 35 years, and by far the worst to hit Japan in that time.

World Tsunami evacuations ordered in South America, but worst risk appears to pass for US after huge quake ...

* TSUNAMI: December 26, 2004: Giant waves kill nearly 132,000 Indonesians and leave 37,000 missing after a massive earthquake in the Indian Ocean creates the world's most deadly tsunami. At least ...