One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off Russia’s sparsely populated Far East Wednesday, sending tsunami waves into Japan, Hawaii, the U.S. West Coast and now Chile. The AP spoke to a ...

A massive earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale hit the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia on Wednesday. It is the strongest quake in the area since 1952. Soon after, tsunami waves hit the nearby ...

For fisherman Effendi Basyaruddin, the deadly floods and landslides in Indonesia's Aceh province over the past week have ...

More than six centuries later, scientists say that the skeletons hold vital clues about the history of tsunamis.

ASTORIA, Ore. — Residents of this small coastal city in the Pacific Northwest know what to do when there's a tsunami warning: Flee to higher ground. For those in or near Columbia Memorial, the city's ...

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When an 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck Russia’s remote Far East, it set off a chain reaction across the Pacific. Tsunami alerts went out to cities like Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco. In ...

It was one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded and though early reports show little damage, the event serves as a powerful reminder: Tsunami risk isn’t just theoretical. And now, as advisories ...