For decades, Kotoku Wamura was mocked for building an enormous floodgate in his village. But when a massive tsunami struck, his vision saved an entire town.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You’ve heard about Washington’s earthquake risk, but you might not realize Washington is also at risk for a major tsunami. It ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Since Monday evening, a cluster of at least 10 earthquakes – ranging from magnitudes of 3.1 to 5.8 on the Richter scale – have ...

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Russian officials issued, and then soon lifted, a tsunami warning for the Kamchatka Peninsula on Sunday after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake. There was no alert issued for the United States. The latest ...

HONOLULU — Tsunami waves swamped Hawaii beaches and brushed the U.S. western coast today but didn't immediately cause major damage after devastating Japan and sparking evacuations throughout the ...

A major quake in this area could bring a tsunami to San Francisco in as little as an hour. An even closer rupture, such as along the Point Reyes thrust fault, could result in a tsunami hitting the ...

A tsunami advisory has now been cancelled after it was issued for the western Aleutian Islands in Alaska shortly after a large aftershock hit far eastern Russia on Thursday morning, local time. The ...

The Mediterranean Sea is widely perceived as having a low tsunami risk. History and recent modeling technology have demonstrated that destructive waves have already hit the French coast and could do ...