A Pacific-wide tsunami triggered by a magnitude 8.8 Kamchatka earthquake gave scientists their first detailed satellite view ...

History has a way of repeating itself. But unlike science, built on general principles and testable theories about the natural world, history examines past events and human actions using evidence and ...

To better understand the scale of past earthquakes and tsunamis, scientists often use earthquake modeling or turn to evidence the tsunamis leave behind, such as sand deposits. The most recent great ...

Twenty years ago, when strangers would ask Hermann Fritz about his job and he told them he was a tsunami expert, he got plenty of quizzical looks in response. "The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake changed ...

A NASA satellite captured a rare high-resolution view of a Pacific tsunami that exposed unexpected wave behavior and reshaped ...

This Collection invites submissions on the latest research in tsunami modelling and risk assessment, including multidisciplinary and integrative studies. We will consider original contributions ...

May 8—The latest modeling of a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake along the West Coast suggests a more powerful tsunami and more flooding than previously expected in areas that include Skagit County.

When individuals hear volcanoes, they tend to envision blazing eruptions blasting into the air. However, volcanoes can also collapse sideways, with their sides, or flanks, collapsing. Such a collapse ...

A viral theory claims it could devastate the East Coast, but experts aren't convinced.

Upending previous understanding of Anchorage’s tsunami vulnerability, researchers said Wednesday that a “rare but real risk” exists that a confluence of conditions could lead an earthquake-produced ...