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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A lightly populated stretch of Alaska’s southern coast was under a tsunami warning Wednesday after a ...
A tsunami warning has been issued for south Alaska after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck on Wednesday. Follow Newsweek's live blog.
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck near Sand Point, Alaska, on Wednesday, prompting a tsunami warning from the National Weather Service.
An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck off the coast of Indonesia's Tanimbar Islands region on Monday, the country's geophysics agency said, adding there was no tsunami potential.
The “megathrust” earthquake’s undersea magnitude was 9.0, recorded as one of the worst in Japan’s history. It began on the Pacific seabed 45 miles away from the eastern coast of Japan, as reported by ...
A doomsday tsunami is likely to strike the US in the near future, but scientists say it's better if it hits sooner rather ...
If the ocean floor had a nervous system, it might look something like this: thousands of miles of fiber-optic cables ...
Japan’s new earthquake-detection network lengthens warning times, and researchers in Wales have harnessed nuclear blast ...
From world-class whale watching to oysters shucked at their source, there is a fascinating mix of culture, wildlife, and cuisine on the eastern coastline of British Columbia’s largest island.
An earthquake of 4.5 magnitude hit the island of Evia near Athens overnight and was felt in the Greek capital, without causing major damage or disruptions.
A 1.7-magnitude quake in the Queens borough of New York may have caused small explosions on Roosevelt Island, startling residents early Tuesday.
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Sunday near Tonga, a nation of more than 170 islands in the South Pacific Ocean.