Twenty years after the deadliest wave in recorded history, most oceans have warning systems and communities have learned how best to escape the danger.

Given the size and location of Thursday’s earthquake, federal officials took a “better safe than sorry” approach ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The powerful earthquake that struck in Northern California on Thursday prompted a brief tsunami ...

A rare and brief tsunami warning tested city and county responses in Northern California after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake ...

It generated a tsunami that was as high as 167 feet (51 meters), causing an estimated 230,000 deaths. Another magnitude 9.1 earthquake struck in Japan in 2011, creating a tsunami with waves ...

On December 5, authorities alerted the public of a potential tsunami from a 7.0 earthquake in the waters of Northern California. But why didn't it happen? The post Why Didn’t California’s 7.0 ...

The former Kadonowaki Elementary School is the only structure preserved among buildings razed by tsunami-triggered fires following the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011. The memorial ...

"We could have a tsunami affect the entire west coast of the U.S. from a large magnitude earthquake that occurs as far away as Alaska or even in Japan," Cochran said. "So you can have these ...

More recently, a tsunami from a 2011 earthquake in Japan caused about $100 million in damages along the California coast, much of it in Crescent City. Your tax-deductible donation to The Columbian ...

More recently, a tsunami from a 2011 earthquake in Japan caused about $100 million in damages along the California coast, much of it in Crescent City. Dazio reported from Los Angeles. AP writers ...