World Tsunami Awareness Day is celebrated every year on November 5 to increase awareness about the dangers of tsunamis and encourage preparation in case a natural disaster strikes. Established by ...

In 1868, an 8.5 magnitude Pacific Ocean earthquake formed a double-wave tsunami reaching 50 feet and 90 feet high. The waves hit the Chilean and Peruvian coastlines, killing 25,000 people and ...

Twenty years ago, a catastrophic tsunami devastated communities across the Indian Ocean, resulting in the deaths of more than 220,000 people. Triggered by a massive earthquake off the west coast ...

The Japanese people named the tsunami using two characters: tsu, meaning "harbour," and nami, meaning "wave." The term originated in Japan over 1,000 years ago. More than one hundred years ago ...

That is because the JMA feared the phenomenon known as a “mysterious tsunami” that occurs once every 10 years in the Izu islands. The JMA for the first time issued a warning against such a ...

The largest-ever tsunami wave was recorded in Alaska’s Lituya Bay in 1958 following an earthquake and a colossal landslide, and towered at a whopping 1720 feet. Their wave periods—or the time ...

It's been 20 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami, which spanned 14 countries and left more than 230,000 dead. National Geographic's new series, "Tsunami: Race Against Time," provides a 360-degree ...

Last summer, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC) dropped sobering news for Spanish coastal residents: Spain's Mediterranean coast will experience a major tsunami event ...

There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center said a tsunami was not expected. A person who answered the phone at the front desk of the Best ...

On March 11 2011, when a submarine earthquake sent a tsunami hurtling into the seaboard of north-east Japan, the defences at Fudai, erected three decades earlier in the face of local opposition ...