Scenes of destruction are pouring in from Peru, as abnormally large surf – with some reports calling the waves “13-foot” and ...

A tsunami has struck Peru, destroying coastal areas, sinking fishing boats, and forcing the closure of 91 ports. With waves ...

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 ...

Christmas in 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake under the Indian Ocean triggered tsunami waves that killed some 230,000 people ...

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

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

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

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 ...

“If an earthquake is above a certain size, and it’s in an area that has historically generated a dangerous tsunami, they are going to issue a warning out of an abundance of caution,” said ...

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.

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.

“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 ...