(Knowing when it's safe to return after a local quake is something still needing research, Bernard says, but as a benchmark, in the 2004 event tsunami waves pummeled the Sumatran coast for 12 ...
Tsunamis (pronounced soo-ná-mees), also known as seismic sea waves (mistakenly called "tidal waves"), are a series of enormous waves created by an underwater disturbance such as an earthquake ...
Unlike tidal waves, tsunamis have nothing to do with gravitational pulls from celestial bodies. They result from natural ...
Tsunamis are among our planet’s deadliest natural phenomena. Their huge waves can wreak devastation within minutes. What can ...
A terrifying simulation showing the realities of the 2004 tsunami reveals just how fast it would have crashed through towns.
A massive earthquake will one day rattle the Pacific Northwest. Minutes to hours later, a surge of seawater will swallow the ...
Now, a seismologist who was on duty at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii when the disaster struck has revealed to ...
Modin remembers ‘tumbling around and not being able to breathe’ once the tsunami hit, comparing the scary situation to being ...