NASA’s SWOT satellite has done something no satellite has ever done before — it captured a giant Pacific tsunami in stunning ...
A satellite has tracked a tsunami in greater detail than ever before, which could help improve models of these giant waves and allow for better prediction and warning systems. Launched in 2022 by NASA ...
The recent landslide-generated tsunami in Tracy Inlet of Southeast Alaska recalls the granddaddy of them all: the giant wave that scarred Lituya Bay in 1958. Lituya Bay, on the Pacific coast about 100 ...
On July 29, an 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. It prompted tsunami warnings across the Pacific region. Tsunami waves reached Hawaii and the West Coast but evacuation ...
When a massive earthquake hits, the shifting seafloor can trigger a series of large, powerful waves. Coastal Washington residents were on the lookout for a tsunami on Tuesday, July 29, following a ...
Last week, just after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake violently shook the eastern edge of Russia, Californians were warned to gird for possible impact: a tsunami was headed across the ocean, taking aim at ...