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Volcano Watch: Distant versus local earthquakes and tsunami response times in Hawaii
Large distant earthquakes in the past have generated tsunamis that caused significant damage and deaths in Hawaii. In 1946, a magnitude-7.9 Aleutian Islands, Alaska earthquake generated a tsunami that ...
Tsunami evacuation orders lifted in Hawaii, threat to West Coast eases: Live updates
Tsunami alerts blanketed the West Coast and Alaska after one of the strongest earthquakes in recorded history.
A look at the tsunami that has spread across the Pacific
As the news of the tsunami threats spread and the waves began hitting land, many people have taken the internet to share ...
Chile raises its tsunami warning to highest level for most of Pacific coast
Tsunami waves hit Japan, Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast on Wednesday after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia's ...
Why was the Pacific tsunami smaller than expected? A geologist explains
The earthquake near the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia on July 30 generated tsunami waves that have reached ...
A huge earthquake sent tsunami waves hurtling across the Pacific – but little damage was reported. Here’s what we know
One of the most powerful earthquakes in modern history shook Russia’s remote east coast Wednesday, sending tsunami waves ...
People had hours before the tsunami hit Hawaii. How they spent it worsened evacuation gridlock
David Sun-Miyashiro was at home on the 31st floor of a Honolulu apartment building, high above danger, when his phone alerted ...
Pacific tsunami: Modern early warning systems prevent the catastrophic death tolls of the past
The earthquake in Russia's Kamchatka peninsula on July 30, 2025, may have been one of the most severe on record, with a ...
Hawaii breathes a massive sigh of relief after tsunami scare shakes islands
Wednesday evening in Waikiki ended in classic Hawaiian style, with a stunning red, orange and gold sunset, children laughing and splashing in waves lapping the shore – and parents sipping cocktails ...