Japanese authorities issued a tsunami alert for the northeast of the country on Sunday after a magnitude 6.7 earthquake was recorded in the Pacific Ocean, close to the country.

When an earthquake threatens to turn part of an ocean into fast-moving walls of water, tsunami warning scientists can do nothing for the first five minutes except wait for information. But within the ...

A 6.7-magnitude quake struck off Japan’s coast early Sunday evening, prompting a tsunami advisory, which was later lifted.

A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula has triggered widespread tsunami warnings across the Pacific, placing millions of residents from Alaska to California on high alert ...

Funding and staffing cuts are shuttering the monitoring stations that sustain this life-saving early warning system.

A $300,000 grant cut to the Alaska Earthquake Center could force nine stations offline and delay warnings for Alaska, ...

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia's sparsely populated Far East on Wednesday, causing tsunamis up to four metres (12 feet) high across the Pacific and sparking evacuations ...

This morning's 8.0-magnitude earthquake in the South Pacific generated a three-foot tsunami which struck the Santa Cruz Islands — a remote part of the Solomon Islands — killing four elderly people and ...

On July 30, one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded struck off the Kamchatka peninsula, in Russia's far east. Within minutes, tsunami warnings were issued in Russia, much of Asia and across the ...