A recent Virginia Tech study reveals that the Pacific Northwest faces a heightened risk of catastrophic flooding and ...

Coastal communities from northern California to British Columbia live atop the Cascadia Subduction Zone, which spans about ...

tsunamis remain difficult to predict, in part because the seafloor’s topography can steer them in surprising ways. Tsunamis are one of nature’s least predictable and most dangerous events.

A new study from researchers at Virginia Tech says that there is an increased risk of flooding and tsunamis in the Pacific ...

Giant tsunamis are some of the most powerful and devastating natural disasters on Earth. But how do they actually work? In this video, we break down the science behind giant tsunamis, explaining the ...

The movement between continental and oceanic plates at the bottom of the sea, so-called megathrust earthquakes, generates the strongest tremors and the most dangerous tsunamis. How and when they ...

Mega tsunamis are colossal waves triggered by geological events. Lituya Bay saw the tallest tsunami ever recorded. Hawaii ...

The conditions could have produced a dangerous tsunami ... Other populated regions most at-risk for tsunamis are parts of Crescent City, northern areas of Half Moon Bay, much of Santa Cruz ...

The Pacific West Coast has the highest risk levels of tsunamis in the United States. Here’s where they have struck in Northern California. The 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast ...

likely the country’s most dangerous fault. The subduction zone has the potential to generate 100-foot-tall tsunami waves and kill nearly a third of a million people, according to Japanese ...