WELLINGTON, New Zealand--The tsunami threat around the Pacific from a huge undersea volcanic eruption began to recede Sunday, while the extent of damage to Tonga remained unclear. Satellite images ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 hit Guam around 3:48 p.m. Tuesday, based on U.S. Geological Survey data.

A final clue came from Japanese historical records. Tsunami waves swamped not only the nearby coast, but traveled nine hours across the Pacific Ocean — and written records recorded an “orphan ...

Earth bubbles and broils beneath an underwater peak called Axial Seamount, located 480 kilometers (300 miles) off Oregon's ...

Two major tsunami that swamped the east coast have been labelled a "missed opportunities", so what do we need to change to be ...

However, it was a stark reminder of the Pacific’s seismic volatility, where events like this frequently give rise to tsunamis, some with catastrophic consequences. Massive wave surges occur when ...

The Pacific system was established two years after a 1946 quake off Alaska spawned a tsunami that killed over 100 people and caused massive destruction around the Pacific. Initially the system was ...

The US government's NWS Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said “hazardous tsunami waves” were forecast for some coasts A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck in the South Pacific on Thursday ...

The Pacific Tsunami Museum, a fixture of the waterfront in Hilo on the island of Hawaii for nearly 30 years, is facing an uncertain future. In a recent interview with Hawai'i Public Radio ...

Tsunami waves of 83 cm were recorded by gauges in the Tongan capital of Nuku'alofa and two-foot waves were seen at Pago Pago, the capital of American Samoa, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.

Tanya Alston’s father, David Furtado, owned Fairview Dairy, which became Excelsior Dairy and was an economic casualty of the 1960 tsunami. “The processing plant was wiped out in the tidal wave ...