A massive tsunami generated just offshore could turn large stretches of the U.S. Pacific coastline into a disaster zone ...

Tsunamis generated by earthquakes on the Alaska Subduction Zone are a persistent risk in the Pacific Northwest. Decisions ...

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocked the Anchorage metropolitan area Thursday morning, according to the US Geological Survey.

Nine seismic stations in Alaska are set to go dark this month, leaving tsunami forecasters without important data used to determine whether an earthquake will send a destructive wave barreling toward ...

Tremor near Anchorage occurred at depth of 69.4 km, no immediate reports of casualties or immediate tsunami warning issued - ...

NOAA said it discontinued the funding that supported nine seismic stations throughout the West Coast in Fiscal Year 2024.

Safety in tsunamis is all about one issue — evacuation. The whole point of a tsunami warning system is to get people out of harm’s way before tsunami surges reach them. There are two big pieces to the ...

A 7.4 magnitude earthquake has struck off the southeastern coast of the Philippines, according to the US Geological Survey, with local authorities warning of dangerous tsunami waves.The quake struck ...

On April 1, 1946, a magnitude 8.6 earthquake struck near Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, triggering a tsunami that barreled across the Pacific and killed 159 people on the island of Hawaii. In the ...

Eight years ago, Erik Thorsen — CEO of Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria, Ore. — received a warning that no hospital administrator wants to hear: A big earthquake could cause his hospital's ...