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

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Emergency sirens sounded around Hawaii late Saturday warning about an oncoming tsunami, after a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Canada. Even as many people along ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Communities along a 700-mile (1,127-km) stretch of Alaska’s southern coast ordered residents to higher ground after a powerful offshore earthquake Wednesday, but officials ...

For the second time in two months, residents and emergency officials around the Pacific rim of the United States were put on alert about a potential tsunami after a Russian earthquake. The magnitude 7 ...

The whole point of a tsunami warning system is to get people out of harm’s way before tsunami surges reach them. There are two big pieces to the evacuation problem: under-evacuation and ...

ADAK, Alaska – A 7.8 earthquake off the coast of Russia triggered a Tsunami Advisory for the Aleutian Islands in Alaska on Thursday, but the alert has since been canceled. The quake struck just before ...

A massive 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the southern coast of Alaska on Wednesday afternoon, briefly triggering tsunami warnings for coastal regions before being cancelled after further ...

JUNEAU, Alaska -- A reported 7.5 magnitude earthquake off the Alaska Peninsula on Monday prompted tsunami warnings for a vast swath of communities, leading some schools to evacuate and send students ...

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck south of Alaska's Aleutian Islands on Monday, triggering a tsunami warning for the area, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Alaska Earthquake Information Center says a major earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 has been recorded in the Pacific Ocean off Alaska's remote Aleutian Islands.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Communities along a 700-mile (1,127-km) stretch of Alaska’s southern coast ordered residents to higher ground after a powerful offshore earthquake Wednesday, but officials ...