On December 30, 2025, an earthquake measuring 2.2 on the Richter scale occurred 51 miles southwest of Burwash Landing, Alaska. This seismic event, recorded at a depth of 2.5 miles (4 km), has raised ...

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck Dec. 6 near Yakutat resulted in dozens of massive avalanches, scientists say.

Tsunamis are powerful ocean waves caused by a variety of factors like earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, or even meteor impacts that displace large volumes of water. Unlike typical waves, ...

The specter of a tsunami generated in Far East Russia by one of the largest earthquakes in recorded history appeared to pass with a relative whimper Wednesday across Northern California, leaving ...

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The recent landslide-generated tsunami in Tracy Inlet of Southeast Alaska recalls the granddaddy of them all: the giant wave that scarred Lituya Bay in 1958. Lituya Bay, on the Pacific coast about 100 ...

A mountainside stripped bare of vegetation rises from Lituya Bay in this photograph taken shortly after a giant wave in 1958. The recent landslide-generated tsunami in Tracy Arm of Southeast Alaska ...

Move over earthquakes, tsunamis have taken center stage. I will acknowledge the largest magnitude earthquake since 2011, but the Kamchatka M8.8 did little shaking damage and the tsunami was the bigger ...

No, this wasn’t a scene from a Hollywood disaster film. It was real. On the night of July 9, 1958, along the Fairweather Fault in the Alaska Panhandle, nature unleashed the largest tsunami ever ...

An earthquake powerful enough to rank among the top 10 strongest earthquakes on record struck off the coast of Russia on July 29, triggering a series of tsunami warnings and watches. The earthquake ...