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Tsunamis are a series of long waves caused by a large and sudden displacement of water in the ocean, usually from a large ...
A moderately strong, 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck in Guatemala on Tuesday, according to the United States Geological ...
Russia has been rocked by two earthquakes, including a huge magnitude 7.4 shock, and now the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center ...
Hawai’i was briefly under the threat of a possible tsunami — based on available data being investigated by forecasters in ...
The giant earthquake was recorded at 12:37 p.m. local time, southeast of Sand Point, a community located on Popof Island in ...
A powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck Alaska on Wednesday, unleashing seismic shockwaves that raced through the Earth's ...
Several strong earthquakes struck off the coast of Russia on Sunday, eliciting a brief tsunami watch for the state of Hawaii. Per the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the first of the quakes, ...
A 5.5 magnitude earthquake has hit parts of Spain this morning including Costa del Sol and Alicante, areas popular with ...
The alerts rely on detecting fast-moving P-waves, which precede the more destructive S-waves during an earthquake. If enough ...
One night in 373 BCE, the earth beneath the Greek city of Helike groaned and cracked. As homes crumbled and temples collapsed ...
In the next 30 years, geophysicists predict Istanbul has a 40 to 60 percent chance of a major earthquake, which could imperil its ancient architecture. There are roughly 40,000 historical sites in ...