Tsunami earthquakes are characterized by the generation of disproportionately large tsunamis relative to the observed ground ...

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

Scientists have uncovered a rare slow-motion earthquake in Japan’s most tsunami-prone fault zone.

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

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

The agency started updating California's tsunami danger maps after 2011's Tohoku-Oki earthquake and tsunami in Japan that killed approximately 15,000 people and caused massive damage, including to ...

Armed with measuring devices, groups of citizens are embracing science to monitor radioactive fallout — and regain control of lives upended by the 2011 meltdowns in Fukushima.

January 26 marked the 325th anniversary of the last Cascadia subduction zone earthquake -- a magnitude 9 quake that sent a tsunami to Japan in the year 1700.

Oregon hasn’t experienced an event like this in living memory, but there have been analogous quakes. In 2011, for example, the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan killed around 20,000 people.

Coastal residents: Learn about San Francisco’s tsunami inundation zones, plan your evacuation routes out of the area, and stay ready.” San Francisco also created its own map showing hazard areas.