With better technology, we could further shorten the time between an earthquake and when the tsunami warning goes out.

the tsunami warning coordinator at the National Tsunami Warning Center in Alaska. “We’re glad it didn’t.” The conditions could have produced a dangerous tsunami, but there’s no way to predict such an ...

On Boxing Day 2004, an earthquake in the Indian Ocean near Indonesia set off a tsunami which killed almost 250,000 people. It ...

But as his team continued to analyze the impact of the quake, it led them to believe that a dangerous tsunami would not strike California. "For the U.S. West Coast, this is tricky stuff," Snider said.

It felt to some like emergency whiplash. Others were left confused. But officials say that they followed the correct protocol ...

Strong storms have pounded Santa Cruz in recent years, most notably collapsing a chunk of its wharf this week. Is it just bad ...

Twenty years after the deadliest wave in recorded history, most oceans have warning systems and communities have learned how best to escape the danger.

The rupture struck just southwest of the Cascadia subduction zone — the offshore fault capable of generating 8.5 or 9.0 ...

“We’re glad it didn’t.” The conditions could have produced a dangerous tsunami, but there’s no way to predict such an event accurately ahead of time, Snider said. So his team errs on the ...

Coastal areas in Northern California began evacuating residents after a 7.0 earthquake off Humboldt County's coast prompted a tsunami warning. Luckily, the worst didn't play out. But emergency ...

Others were left confused. But officials say that they followed the correct protocol to respond to a potentially dangerous tsunami and that it was necessary to provide residents adequate time to ...