After that disaster, in 1949 the United States established the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC), the first of its kind, ...

Tsunami warnings prompted gridlocked traffic as people tried to reach higher elevations in Hawaii, but the threat level was ...

Warnings, advisories and watches were issued in Alaska, Hawaii, California, Oregon and Washington after a magnitude 8.8 ...

An earthquake off the coast of Russia caused a swath of tsunami warnings, advisories and watches across the west coast of the ...

The worst predictions did not come to pass after a major earthquake off the coast of Russia sent a surge of water across the ...

According to the NWS tsunami warning system, the earthquake occurred off the east coast of Kamchatka, Russia, around 7:24 p.m ...

An NOAA map (below) shows the red zone stretch about 130 miles from its southernmost point at Cape Mendocino near Fortuna, ...

The agency initially had pegged the earthquake at 6.35 magnitude, with a 10-km (6.2-mile) depth. The United States Geological Survey said the earthquake was at a magnitude of 7. The Pacific Tsunami ...

A significant earthquake, initially reported at a magnitude of 6.7, struck Russia's Kuril Islands. The magnitude was later ...

Chile has upgraded its tsunami warning to its highest level. The red alert covers most of its 6,400-kilometer (4,000-mile) ...