The color-coded map shows the potential tsunami height across the region, with some areas facing waves as high as 20 meters, or approximately 65 feet. The areas most at risk are marked as yellow ...

Viral rumours of impending disaster stemming from a comic book prediction have taken the sheen off Japan's tourism boom, with ...

Scientists detected a slow-motion earthquake off Japan, offering rare insight into hidden faults and tsunami risks beneath ...

California’s newly updated tsunami risk maps show bayside communities in Marin County — including San Rafael, Corte Madera and Larkspur — face greater flooding risks in the event of a large ...

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The updates to California’s tsunami hazard areas followed a devastating tsunami in Japan in 2011, which was triggered by a magnitude 9.1 earthquake off the country’s eastern shore.

Near-shore tsunamis, those triggered by earthquakes just off the coast, could pose a particularly dire risk for California’s ...

SACRAMENTO -- The California Geological Survey has released updated tsunami hazard maps for seven counties to help users determine whether they are in areas at risk for inundation and for planning.

The maps also illustrate the expected inundation zone, or the distance tsunami waves would cover, as well as how long it would likely take a wave to arrive after an earthquake hits. In some cases ...

The color-coded map shows the potential tsunami height across the region, with some areas facing waves as high as 20 meters, or approximately 65 feet. The areas most at risk are marked as yellow ...