Farther north, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake off the coast triggered a tsunami warning for parts of California and ... that tsunami partly from the oral history along the Pacific Northwest coast.

The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake registered magnitude 7.1 and was centered in waters off the eastern coast of Japan's southern main island of Kyushu at a depth of about 18.6 miles.

Half of the 39 Coast Guard units based on the Pacific Northwest coast lack tsunami evacuation plans for their personnel, despite their location in a high-risk zone for such a disaster, according ...

48 people dead following Japan’s 7.6 magnitude earthquake 01:41. A series of powerful earthquakes off central Japan's west coast damaged homes, started a fire, prompted tsunami warnings and left ...

Japan dropped its highest-level tsunami alert, issued following a series of major earthquakes, but told residents of coastal areas not to return to their homes as deadly waves could still come.

On March 11, 2011, a fault similar to the Cascadia Subduction Zone ruptured off the northeast coast of Japan. The magnitude-9 Tohoku earthquake shook the ground for roughly six minutes.

For about an hour Thursday, it seemed possible that California’s coast, including San Francisco, would be struck by a significant tsunami. Authorities issued tsunami warnings (with “extraordinary ...

Tsunamis are tricky. They come from nearby or far away. The first surge might arrive in minutes or take many hours to arrive. They can last for days. Although called “waves,” tsunamis don’t ...

A magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami in March 2011 devastated large areas along Japan’s northeastern coast, killing nearly 20,000 people and triggering the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear ...

A 7.6 magnitude earthquake was reported around 4 p.m., the strongest of more than a dozen documented by the Japan Meteorological Agency. Major tsunami warnings were issued for Ishikawa prefecture ...

On March 11, 2011, a fault similar to the Cascadia Subduction Zone ruptured off the northeast coast of Japan. The magnitude-9 Tohoku earthquake shook the ground for roughly six minutes.

On March 11, 2011, a fault similar to the Cascadia Subduction Zone ruptured off the northeast coast of Japan. The magnitude-9 Tohoku earthquake shook the ground for roughly six minutes.