There are two big challenges when it comes to tsunamis: first making sure people in the tsunami zone are notified and know ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 7.2 magnitude quake struck off the coast of northern Japan. U.S. officials said there was no danger of a tsunami reaching the ...

Tsunamis pose a risk to the entire California coast. But should a major one strike, how bad could it be? A single tsunami likely won't cause the worst-case scenario for every region. But in total, ...

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on Thursday, triggering tsunami advisories in parts of Alaska but no alerts for California or the broader West Coast. The National ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Tsunami advisories have been lifted for California after an undersea volcanic eruption Saturday near the Pacific nation of Tonga. That eruption Saturday sent a plume of ash, gas, and ...

California, as a result, opted to take "a very conservative approach" for its maps, "hoping to avoid the tragic loss of life experienced in Japan," Bohlen said in a prior statement. There are a number ...

A widespread tsunami warning that was triggered by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake Thursday morning set off an hour of scrambled evacuation efforts across coastal Northern California before it was canceled ...

A barnacle-covered fishing boat that washed ashore this month in Crescent City has been confirmed as the first debris from the 2011 tsunami in Japan to reach California's shores. The National Oceanic ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Northern California was ...