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

An area near Petersville, Alaska, was hit with a 4.6 earthquake on Wednesday, according to the United States Geological Survey. Newsweek reached out to the USGS's Earthquake Hazards Program via email ...

Imagine a wall of water taller than the Empire State Building crashing through a quiet fjord in the dead of night. No warning ...

A powerful earthquake off Russia’s east coast triggered tsunami waves across the Pacific, prompting alerts in Hawaii and ...

A massive 8.7-magnitude earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula triggered tsunami warnings across Japan and the USA, ...

The city is in Kamchatka Krai, Russia, in the Far East of the country by the Pacific Ocean. Roaring waves hit US ...

Fears of a devastating tsunami across the Pacific faded Wednesday after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck ...

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

The Alaska Emergency Operations Center mistakenly sent an evacuation order to Unalaskans after a mid-July earthquake due to ...

A tsunami sent waves into parts of Russia, Japan, Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off ...

Honolulu Mayor urged residents to head to higher ground, while Hawaii Governor Josh Green emphasized immediate evacuations from coastal areas.

A proposed early warning system for earthquakes would have given Gulf of Alaska towns a lot more notice of the strong shaking that resulted from the 7.3 magnitude earthquake last ...