When a huge earthquake struck near Kamchatka, the SWOT satellite captured an unprecedented, high-resolution view of the resulting tsunami as it crossed the Pacific. The data revealed the waves were ...

A wall of water taller than most skyscrapers roared through a remote Greenland fjord, yet the strangest part of the story ...

In late July, far from shore, off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, the ocean shifted after a powerful tremor, and something ...

The disaster gave rise to global tsunami warning networks, saving countless lives since, as seen in Japan's 2011 Tohoku event.

Last week's earthquake off the coast of Humboldt County triggered a tsunami warning that urged people across a huge swath of California and part of Oregon to move to higher ground, regardless of how ...

For the first time ever, an exceptionally powerful tsunami has been observed from space in stunning detail. The feat, made possible by a satellite that wasn’t even designed for this purpose, has ...

Tsunamis are among the most catastrophic natural hazards, triggered by seismic and non-seismic events, such as underwater earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, atmospheric disturbances, and ...

More than six centuries later, scientists say that the skeletons hold vital clues about the history of tsunamis. The post ...

Caltech Geologist Kerry Sieh traveled to Indonesia just days after the tsunami devastated the region. His blog from the ground tells of the devastation he and his team witnessed, and explains the ...