Scenes of destruction are pouring in from Peru, as abnormally large surf – with some reports calling the waves “13-foot” and ...
Though the magnitude 7.0 quake was not large enough to be considered 'The Big One,' it was enough to produce a dangerous tsunami, Snider told the LA Times. But because there's no way to predict ...
A tsunami warning was issued across Northern California on Thursday morning following a magnitude 7 earthquake. It's a reminder to prepare and know how to respond in case of such emergencies.
Christmas in 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake under the Indian Ocean triggered tsunami waves that killed some 230,000 people ...
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 ...
With better technology, we could further shorten the time between an earthquake and when the tsunami warning goes out.
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 ...
“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 ...
Tsunamis are a hot topic in popular culture, lately. But is Florida ready for what some experts have warned for decades is inevitable?
“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 ...
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 ...