But the danger appeared to be waning in some places, with the US state of Hawaii and Japan downgrading their warnings.

SpaceX's next launch attempt from Kennedy Space Center is Friday at 11:43 a.m. (ET), although the weather forecast is less ...

The world has witnessed several catastrophic earthquakes, with the 1960 Valdivia, Chile quake topping the list at magnitude 9.5. These seismic events, including those in Alaska, Sumatra, and Japan, ...

An 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Russia on Tuesday, triggering a tsunami wave that raced across ...

Fears of a devastating tsunami faded Wednesday for the U.S. after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off ...

Dave Snider, Warning Coordinator with the Tsunami Warning Center, says Alaska got lucky after the magnitude 8.8 earthquake ...

One of the most powerful earthquakes in recorded history sent fears of a massive tsunami across the Pacific this week.

Fears of a devastating tsunami faded Wednesday for the U.S. and Japan after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded ...

A tsunami has hit coastal areas of Russia’s Kuril Islands and Japan’s large northern island of Hokkaido after an ...

Chile has upgraded its tsunami warning to its highest level. The red alert covers most of its 6,400-kilometer (4,000-mile) ...

After that disaster, in 1949 the United States established the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC), the first of its kind, ...