One of this century’s most powerful earthquakes struck off the coast of Russia and generated tsunami warnings and advisories for a broad section of the Pacific, including Alaska, Hawaii and the U.S.

On 11 March, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) warned that a 3-metre-plus tsunami would hit northeastern Japan. In fact, the wave that came ashore stood more than 10 metres high -- reaching 50 ...

The July 29 M8.8 Kamchatka tsunami arguably caused more damage and certainly accrued more media coverage than the shaking losses. Two months out, we have a better picture of what happened, how the ...

may lead to improvements in the models that forecast the hazardous effects of tsunamis. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The height goes down over time as the wave spreads over ...

HONOLULU — One of this century’s most powerful earthquakes struck off the coast of Russia and generated tsunami warnings and advisories for a broad section of the Pacific, including Alaska, Hawaii and ...

HONOLULU — One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded sent a tsunami crashing into a Russian port and smaller waves barreling across the Pacific to the Americas and south to New Zealand. The ...

HONOLULU (AP) — One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded sent a tsunami crashing into a Russian port and smaller waves barreling across the Pacific to the Americas and south to New Zealand.