Scientists used satellite data to study a rare tsunami. They examined the event with improved clarity today. The SWOT ...

The fresh, detailed glimpse into the geophysical phenomenon came after NASA and CNSE's SWOT satellite captured the tsunami ...

A satellite deployed to measure ocean surface heights was up to the challenge when a massive earthquake off the Kamchatka ...

A rare SWOT pass mapped a Pacific tsunami in detail, exposing hidden wave complexity and showing why forecasting models need a major update.

A satellite has tracked a tsunami in greater detail than ever before, which could help improve models of these giant waves ...

A new study shares how scientists have gained an unprecedented look at how tsunami waves spread across the ocean.

HONOLULU – In the coming months and years, scientists will pore over reams of data from what turned out to be the minuscule tsunami that reached Hawaii on Saturday. But already, some scientists are ...

Forecasting models and warning systems, designed primarily to assess earthquake-triggered waves, did not account for the boosting effects of the shockwave. It was a critical flaw in these systems, ...

The 2004 Sumatra earthquake generated one of the most destructive tsunamis ever recorded, with 100-foot waves that killed nearly 230,000 and resulted in an estimated $10 billion in damage. It also ...

USC researchers have found a correlation between tsunami severity and the width of the outer wedge -- the area between the continental shelf and deep trenches where large tsunamis emerge -- that helps ...

You highlight, in a News story, the controversy over the reliance of tsunami early-warning systems on model-based forecasts (Nature 464, 14–15; 2010). Important advances have been made in ...