When individuals hear volcanoes, they tend to envision blazing eruptions blasting into the air. However, volcanoes can also ...

Anchorage has long been believed to be safe from tsunamis. But a shocking study in 2023 found otherwise. We wanted to know if ...

This Collection invites submissions on the latest research in tsunami modelling and risk assessment, including multidisciplinary and integrative studies. We will consider original contributions ...

The whole point of a tsunami warning system is to get people out of harm’s way before tsunami surges reach them. There are ...

In the areas near the source, the first tsunami surges arrived in as little as 30 minutes after the earthquake. Most of the ...

For people living near volcanoes, danger goes well beyond lava flows and clouds of ash. Some explosive eruptions can lead to dramatic collapses of the sides of a volcano, like those at Mount St.

Roughly 45 million years ago, a massive asteroid slammed into the seabed of what is now the North Sea, triggering a tsunami ...

Tsunamis are among the most powerful and destructive natural forces on Earth. These massive surges of water form through entirely different processes than regular ocean waves, and their size can range ...

A magnitude 8.8 earthquake near Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula triggered tsunami warnings and evacuations in Hawaii and along the U.S. West Coast. While the Pacific Ocean tsunami caused minimal damage, ...

An 8.8-magnitude earthquake, one of the strongest ever recorded, struck Russia's Far East early Wednesday, prompting tsunami warnings in coastal towns in multiple countries. The earthquake was "on ...