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

One of the major causes of casualties was that people in certain areas were not alerted of the incoming wall of water. Now, ...

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

More than 800 tremors have shaken the southwestern Tokara Islands over the past 11 days, including a 5.6-magnitude quake on ...

The last megathrust earthquake to hit the region was in 1700, and the Northwest is now in the window for the next magnitude 9 Cascadia fault quake and tsunami.

A new “blue zone” will simplify tsunami evacuation in the Manawatū-Whanganui region. The zone will be created alongside a public education campaign with $41,273 from the National Emergency ...

NWS also takes a look back on the destructive earthquake and tsunami that struck the Tohoku region in Japan that took place 14 years ago — on March 11, 2011. At 2:46 p.m. in Japan or 3:46 p.m ...

Japan's Meteorological Agency says Japanese coasts will not see any tsunami from a large volcanic eruption in Indonesia. The agency made the statement at 4 a.m. on Wednesday. It said no noticeable ...

A woman’s research into the word “kizuna” (bonds) led to an extensive survey on how foreign technical intern trainees were affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

The incident had killed more than 180,000 people along Japan’s north-east coast. The Tokyo District Court in July 2022 ruled that the former executives were liable for compensation after finding that ...

The Washington Legislature allocated $151.5 million in the recently passed state construction budget to relocate three coastal schools out of the tsunami zone and build a refuge tower at a fourth.