A tsunami advisory issued for south Alaska and the Alaska Peninsula was cancelled Wednesday afternoon hours after a massive 7 ...

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A powerful offshore earthquake Wednesday triggered a tsunami warning on a stretch of Alaskan coastline - which was then soon ...

Gov. Greg Abbott gave details about the Central Texas floods during a chat at Fort Worth's Sheriffs' Association Of Texas ...

A tidal wave is a regularly occurring shallow water wave caused by the gravitational effects on the ocean from the sun, moon and Earth. Tsunamis are often referred to as tidal waves, but they have ...

T he tsunami that tore through northern Japan on March 11 was catastrophically strong. The waves—triggered by a 9.0 earthquake—swamped coastal towns, destroyed homes and offices and led to the ...

With earthquakes comes the danger of tsunamis, or tidal waves. And although Ebel said the chances of having one in the Northeast are small, they can happen in the wake of even smaller earthquakes.

Compared to the devastating Indian Ocean earthquake tsunami of 2004 that took 230,000 lives, this prehistoric tidal wave “was up to 30,000 times larger,” according to the report — published ...

News about tidal waves and tsunamis, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.