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The huge earthquake in eastern Russian generated the threat of a tsunami along with lots of anxiety among coastal dwellers in California.
Nine days after a statewide tsunami warning, FEMA is granting $40 million to all states — including Hawai‘i — to improve ...
Information from a satellite is providing scientists with a unique look at the tsunami, a breakthrough that could have ...
Tsunami warnings prompted gridlocked traffic as people tried to reach higher elevations in Hawaii, but the threat level was ...
A proposed early warning system for earthquakes would have given Gulf of Alaska towns a lot more notice of the strong shaking that resulted from the 7.3 magnitude earthquake last ...
Pushback continued Wednesday against proposed legislation to force the Honolulu Police Department to restore limited access to its radio communications to news media outlets. The Council voted 8-1, ...
A massive landslide triggered a deadly tsunami in Chile, in 2007. This became a turning point in tsunami science and risk ...
When an enormous 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck near Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, the impact reached far beyond its ...
An integrated system that provides alerts on heat, earthquakes, and tsunamis would be cheap, easy, and save lives. Why isn't ...
MOSCOW (AP) — The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says there is no longer a danger of tsunami waves on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula after five powerful quakes — the largest with a magnitude of ...
Government officials and residents reflect on emergency preparedness Following the Tuesday, July 29 tsunami advisory for coastal Clatsop County and much of the West Coast, government officials are ...
Today, Japanese schools conduct tsunami evacuation drills multiple times a year, often using actual warning sirens, and have students practice evacuation routes to pre-determined safe areas.