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A huge earthquake sent tsunami waves hurtling across the Pacific – but little damage was reported. Here’s what we know

One of the most powerful earthquakes in modern history shook Russia’s remote east coast Wednesday, sending tsunami waves ...
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Volcano Watch: Distant versus local earthquakes and tsunami response times in Hawaii

Large distant earthquakes in the past have generated tsunamis that caused significant damage and deaths in Hawaii. In 1946, a magnitude-7.9 Aleutian Islands, Alaska earthquake generated a tsunami that ...

Tsunami Alerts Are Mostly Lifted After Major Pacific Quake

Officials from Japan to California issued warnings after an 8.8-magnitude quake off Russia’s coast. Hours later, there were ...

Tsunami alerts triggered for Hawaii, Alaska after massive 8.8 quake strikes off Russia

A massive 8.8 earthquake rocked the upper Pacific Ocean Tuesday evening, triggering tsunami warnings for the entire state of ...

A look at the tsunami that has spread across the Pacific

As the news of the tsunami threats spread and the waves began hitting land, many people have taken the internet to share ...

Tsunami waves reach Hawaii, West Coast hours after magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia

Tsunami waves reached Hawaii and the West Coast after one of the strongest earthquakes in recorded history, a magnitude 8.8 ...

Tsunami evacuation orders lifted in Hawaii, threat to West Coast eases: Live updates

Tsunami alerts blanketed the West Coast and Alaska after one of the strongest earthquakes in recorded history.

People had hours before the tsunami hit Hawaii. How they spent it worsened evacuation gridlock

David Sun-Miyashiro was at home on the 31st floor of a Honolulu apartment building, high above danger, when his phone alerted ...

Pacific tsunami: Modern early warning systems prevent the catastrophic death tolls of the past

The earthquake in Russia's Kamchatka peninsula on July 30, 2025, may have been one of the most severe on record, with a ...