Three times in this century, U.S. coastlines have been pummeled by what the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) classifies as major tsunamis: in 1946 and 1964, when destructive ...
It was just before midnight when the tsunami that started with an earthquake in Alaska’s Prince William Sound reached Washington state. The year was 1964. At La Push, a 7-foot wave knocked boats and a ...
A large earthquake off the coast of Alaska could send a tsunami that reaches all the way into Puget Sound. That’s according to a new model from state experts looking at how that would likely unfold.