A 7.8 magnitude undersea earthquake near Russia caused a tsunami scare. Here's why we fear the destructive waves ...

A massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia's coast prompted tsunami warnings throughout the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, causing mass evacuations from Hawaiʻi to Ecuador's Galápagos Islands, ...

The earthquake that hit a Russian island was among the most powerful ever recorded, and forecasters immediately feared it could spur cataclysmic walls of water thousands of miles away in Hawaii, ...

A 7.6 magnitude earthquake rattled the southern coast of the Philippines on Thursday night, spawning what seismology and tsunami agencies predicted would be "life threatening wave heights" and forcing ...

Tsunami waves struck Hawaii shortly after 7 p.m. local time on Thursday July 29 following a powerful earthquake off Russia’s eastern coastline. Although initial concerns prompted evacuation orders in ...

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 ...