Tsunami

TOKYO—Japan dropped its highest-level tsunami alert, issued following a series of major earthquakes on Monday, but told residents of coastal areas not to return to their homes as deadly waves ...

MANILA, Philippines—A powerful earthquake that shook the southern Philippines killed at least one villager and injured several others ...

A 7.2 magnitude earthquake triggered a brief tsunami advisory for southern Alaska late Saturday, but the advisory was ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand—A powerful, shallow underwater earthquake struck Friday near Tonga in the southern Pacific, prompting authorities to ...

By Nicholas Turner From The Seattle Times SEATTLE—A tsunami triggered by a major earthquake beneath Puget Sound would ...

Australia’s navy ship HMAS Adelaide, which has been hit with an outbreak of COVID-19,  has arrived in Tonga ...

Commentary Sometimes you get more than one chance to make a first impression. So it is with the ...

Australia is deploying aircraft and a naval vessel to bring much needed humanitarian and disaster-relief aid to Tonga ...

The FBI identifies the British man who took hostages in Texas over the weekend. And UK police make ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand—The tsunami threat around the Pacific from a huge undersea volcanic eruption began to recede Sunday, ...

An underwater volcano off Tonga erupted on Saturday, triggering a tsunami warning for several South Pacific island nations, ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia—A powerful earthquake shook parts of Indonesia’s main island of Java on Friday, damaging buildings and houses ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia—Indonesia lifted a tsunami alert Tuesday following a magnitude 7.3 undersea earthquake that struck off Flores Island, ...

Dozens of people have been left injured after a powerful magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Tokyo on Thursday evening. The ...

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.2 struck near the Vanuatu islands in the South Pacific on Saturday, the ...

PERRYVILLE, Alaska—A 6.9 earthquake struck off the coast of the Alaska Peninsula early Saturday morning, the U.S. Geological ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska—The largest earthquake in the United States in the last half century produced a lot of shaking ...

PERRYVILLE, Alaska—A powerful earthquake which struck just off Alaska’s southern coast caused prolonged shaking and prompted tsunami warnings ...

JAKARTA—Hundreds of people near Indonesia's Moluccas islands rushed to higher ground on June 16 in the aftermath of ...

A new outdoor emergency system to alert residents of disasters was put to the test May 27 in Laguna Beach, Calif. “Nothing ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand—One of the strongest earthquakes to hit the South Pacific in modern history triggered tsunami warnings ...

A tsunami warning was issued after an 8.1 magnitude earthquake hit near the coast of New Zealand on ...

TOKYO—A strong earthquake hit off the coast of northeastern Japan late Saturday, shaking Fukushima, Miyagi, and other areas, ...

A 7.7 magnitude undersea earthquake struck the South Pacific region on Thursday, triggering a brief tsunami warning for ...

A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Alaska, triggering a tsunami warning along the coast of ...

A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck in the northern Pacific on Wednesday and forecasters said tsunami waves were possible ...

The Taal volcano in the Philippines erupted on Sunday and prompted warnings of a so-called "volcanic tsunami" as ...