Study Finds Walking Faster Key to Surviving a Tsunami April 15, 2015 By JEFF BARNARD About 5,500 more people could survive a major tsunami hitting the Pacific Northwest if they just walk a little faster...
Magnitude-7.9 Alaska Quake Spawns Small Tsunami June 25, 2014 By MARK THIESSEN A strong earthquake near Alaska’s Aleutian Islands triggered a tsunami warning Monday, but only small waves measuring several inches (centimeters)...
Chile’s M8.2 Quake Results in Minor Damage, Low Death Toll April 3, 2014 By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Authorities in northern Chile discovered surprisingly light damage and just six reported deaths Wednesday from a magnitude-8.2 quake – a...
Damage Thought to be Limited After 8.2 Magnitude Chile Quake April 2, 2014 Thousands of people evacuated from Chile’s low-lying coastal areas returned home on Wednesday morning after authorities called off a tsunami...
Today Marks 50 Years Since Great Alaska Earthquake March 27, 2014 By DAN JOLING Electric clocks on walls in Anchorage shut down at 5:36 p.m. on March 27, 1964. Time stopped at the start...
Several California Harbors Prepare Against Future Tsunamis March 25, 2014 Five California harbors are preparing for future tsunamis under a new state project that arms them with maps that identify...
Indonesia Cave Reveals History of Ancient Tsunamis December 27, 2013 By MARGIE MASON A cave discovered near the source of Indonesia’s massive earthquake-spawned tsunami contains the footprints of past gigantic waves dating up...
Report: Tsunami Would Swamp California’s Economy September 6, 2013 If a monster earthquake struck off Alaska’s coast, tsunami waves would rush toward California, swamping the nation’s largest port complex...
Scientists Defining Cascadia Subduction Zone September 5, 2013 By JEFF BARNARD Scientists are just back from a monthlong research cruise in the Pacific Ocean off Washington state, where they were trying...
Strange Tidal Flow in Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay was Tsunami June 26, 2013 Marine scientists say a strange rise and fall in the water of Narragansett Bay earlier this month was a small...