SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — While Utah is landlocked and deals more with earthquakes than tsunamis, the news of the 8.8 magnitude earthquake off the Russian coast spread quickly. Tsunami alerts were ...

What Is a Tsunami and How Does It Form? A tsunami is a series of ocean waves caused by a sudden disturbance, usually an underwater earthquake, that pushes a large amount of water up or down. Most ...

Tsunami alerts lit up Siri Zama's phone on Tuesday. The 28-year-old high school teacher in Kapolei, Hawaii, fled inland. "It was raining, and the clouds got real dark. It was just a little scary. I ...

Locals in coastal areas were ordered to evacuate immediately and see higher ground. Follow Newsweek for live updates.

Roughly 45 million years ago, a massive asteroid slammed into the seabed of what is now the North Sea, triggering a tsunami that rose over 100 meters high. After decades of scientific debate, ...

The Silverpit Crater was confirmed as an asteroid impact site. Shocked crystals and seismic data prove the event created a ...

An aerial view of the city of Severo-Kurilsk flooded due to a tsunami triggered by the 8.8 magnitude earthquake that struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on July 30, 2025. The epicenter was located ...