A 7.8 magnitude undersea earthquake near Russia caused a tsunami scare. Here's why we fear the destructive waves ...

For the second time in two months, residents and emergency officials around the Pacific rim of the United States were put on alert about a potential tsunami after a Russian earthquake. The magnitude 7 ...

The whole point of a tsunami warning system is to get people out of harm’s way before tsunami surges reach them. There are two big pieces to the evacuation problem: under-evacuation and ...

The first tsunami waves have already struck Alaska, Japan, and Russia following an 8.8 magnitude earthquake off the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Pacific. The world’s largest in 14 years, ...

JUNEAU, Alaska -- A reported 7.5 magnitude earthquake off the Alaska Peninsula on Monday prompted tsunami warnings for a vast swath of communities, leading some schools to evacuate and send students ...

A powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Alaska's Aleutian Islands early Monday, stirring concerns of a potential tsunami among residents on the mainland. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) ...

The warnings about the possible tsunami originated from the West Coast/Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, a National Weather Service office in Palmer, Alaska. Immediately after sensors in the Pacific ...

The US Geological Survey described the quake as an 'aftershock' from a massive magnitude 8.8 quake that struck in July.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Alaska Earthquake Information Center says a major earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 has been recorded in the Pacific Ocean off Alaska's remote Aleutian Islands.