They were being cautious,” said Amy Williamson, a research scientist at the UC Berkeley Seismology Lab. “They would rather ...

The warning applied to 5.3 million people in California, according to the Associated Press, although not all received it — ...

The red shows the areas under a tsunami warning ... In 2011, the 9.0 Fukushima earthquake off Japan created tsunami waves that killed 15,894 people. A 2004 earthquake in the Indian Ocean, at ...

The largest-ever tsunami wave was recorded in Alaska’s Lituya Bay in 1958 following an earthquake and a colossal landslide, and towered at a whopping 1720 feet. Their wave periods—or the time ...

The movement of the plates also caused the ocean floor to rise by 40 metres, which in turn triggered the tsunami. As giant waves of destruction headed for the coastlines of multiple countries ...

The agency estimated than more than 1.3 million people lived close enough to the quake to feel its impact. There were no ...

As their phones blew up with disaster warnings, some Bay Area residents ran for the hills – while others faced death with a ...

The agency estimated than more than 1.3 million people lived close enough to the quake to feel its impact. There were no ...

But just before forecasters warned the waves would hit, the tsunami warning was canceled and evacuation order lifted. Sailors were back on the San Francisco Bay just an hour after authorities asked ...