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Ancient artifacts of sunken city likely destroyed by earthquake or tsunami plucked from seafloor

Ancient 2,000-year-old artifacts were recovered from the Mediterranean Sea near Alexandria, Egypt, possibly from the sunken ...

When and where could a tsunami happen in the Atlantic Ocean?

The Atlantic coastline is vulnerable to tsunamis triggered by earthquakes and landslides across the ocean basin ...

Where are tsunami warnings and watches issued in the US?

A magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on July 29, triggering alerts, watches and warnings in some U.S. states.

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 hurtling across the Pacific Ocean and putting nations from Japan to the United ...
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Scientists explore real-time tsunami warning system on world’s fastest supercomputer

An advanced, real-time tsunami forecasting system could dramatically improve early warning capabilities for coastal ...

Minimal U.S. effects from tsunami don't mean the forecast was inaccurate

"We should count it as a win that a tsunami occurred, we got a warning and it wasn’t the worst-case scenario," a seismic ...
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How I Surfed a Tsunami and Lived to Tell About It

A snug cockpit fit makes a kayak feel like the lower half of a paddler’s body. Each twitch, pitch, or hitch of the hull ...
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As a mountain crumbled Sunday, Alaska experienced its largest landslide-caused tsunami in a decade

Seismic stations more than 600 miles away picked up the rumbling as a mountainside collapsed upon South Sawyer Glacier and ...