On July 29, an 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. It prompted tsunami warnings across the Pacific region. Tsunami waves reached Hawaii and the West Coast but evacuation ...

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In late July, a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck the Kamchatka Peninsula off the coast of Russia. And following the tremor, a tsunami warning was issued for pretty much every coastline that ...

The U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach was called off on Wednesday due to inconsistent and small surf conditions, event organizers said. The call to cancel the surfing for the day was made at ...

10-foot waves, or bigger, forecasted for portions of Japan, following a powerful 7.6-magnitude tremor strikes off the coast of the Aomori Prefecture. Late in the evening, Monday, a massive earthquake ...

The US Open of Surfing is taking over Huntington Beach this week. Wednesday's competition was canceled due to low surf. The cancellation comes just hours after most of the West Coast was under tsunami ...

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 ...

No sooner had the tsunami watch been issued than the text messages began coming in. Friends and family wanted to know if I was safe. Would the waves reach me? Should I drive, or even run, to higher ...