The deadliest volcanic disaster in Japan’s history did not end with fire or ash, but with water. When the slopes of a ...

Tsunami Warning: A powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, triggering a Pacific Ocean Tsunami warning on July 29. The quake was shallow at a depth of ...

The deadliest recorded tsunami in history claimed hundreds of thousands of lives after a magnitude 9.1 earthquake rocked the Indian Ocean in 2004. No deaths have been reported from tsunami waves in ...

A 1960 tsunami caused damage near Hilo Theater. On March 11, 2011, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake near Honshu, Japan, also triggered a tsunami warning in Hawaii that did not result in any deaths or ...

It's the deadliest tsunami on record, causing 230,000 deaths and $15 billion in damages. Triggered by a massive undersea quake off the coast of Indonesia, the 2004 Asian tsunami pounded Indian Ocean ...

Residents of Hawaii are breathing easier but remain cautious after tsunami waves from a powerful undersea earthquake off of Russia’s eastern coast were less severe than originally feared. Though they ...

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 ...

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WASHINGTON — The death toll from the earthquake-generated tsunami in Asia made 2004 the deadliest year for earthquakes in five centuries, the U.S. Geological Survey said Thursday. The agency estimated ...