The National Tsunami Warning Center (NTWC) issued warnings, watches and advisories after the temblor struck about 7:30 p.m.

Tsunami warnings prompted gridlocked traffic as people tried to reach higher elevations in Hawaii, but the threat level was ...

After a magnitude 8.8 earthquake hit off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, tsunami alerts rippled out across Hawaii, Alaska, ...

The country's Ministry for Emergency Services said the quake near the Kuril Islands could have triggered a tsunami wave up to 19 centimeters (7.5 inches). That warning has now bee ...

A tsunami warning is the most severe type of emergency alert. In Hawaii, sirens and text messages alerted residents that a ...

Tsunami warnings that blanketed the west coast July 29 prompted memories of a 1958 wave that struck Alaska, the largest ever ...

Tsunami alerts were issued for Alaska and Hawaii on Tuesday after a major, 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of ...

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

Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula and surrounding Pacific Rim regions continued to experience seismic instability, with dozens of ...

Chile and Ecuador order evacuations after Russian earthquake triggers Pacific-wide tsunami alerts. US and Japan downgrade warnings as worst impacts fade.

By The Associated Press A tsunami hit coastal areas of Russia’s Kuril Islands and Japan’s large northern island of Hokkaido ...