Meteorological tsunamis, or meteotsunamis, are long ocean waves in the tsunami frequency band that are generated by traveling ...

We're going to spend a few minutes now trying to understand the natural disaster, a tsunami, that struck Indonesia overnight. It hit between Java and Sumatra, the two most-populous islands in the ...

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia's sparsely populated Far East on Wednesday, causing tsunamis across the Pacific and sparking evacuations from Hawaii to Japan. Here are key ...

They may be relatively rare, but they rank among nature’s most destructive forces. This week, we’re exploring the science behind tsunamis. * The word itself means “harbor wave” in Japanese, and it’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Not long ago, tsunamis triggered by powerful offshore earthquakes could strike with no warning. Walls of water would sweep across ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Here in Kern County, we’re pretty used to earthquakes — but tsunamis are something different. With these recent events happening across the world, I wanted to learn more ...

Tsunami alerts lit up Siri Zama's phone on Tuesday. The 28-year-old high school teacher in Kapolei, Hawaii, fled inland. "It was raining, and the clouds got real dark. It was just a little scary. I ...

Last week, just after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake violently shook the eastern edge of Russia, Southern Californians were warned to gird for possible impact: a tsunami was headed across the ocean, ...

Standing for 1,300 years against cyclones and tsunamis, the Shore Temple’s survival is no miracle, but ancient engineering, revealed anew after the 2004 tsunami, still guarding secrets beneath the sea ...

Uri ten Brink, one of the project leads and a research geophysicist at Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, asked Atwater to check for signs of similar activity on Anegada. Atwater spent ...