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The Washington Tsunami 'Warning': Live Map, Tracker & Arrival Times

According to the Seattle Times, "The tsunami’s first waves are forecast to hit Washington state around 11:30 p.m., at La Push ...
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‘Wake-up call’: Officials say giant Pacific earthquake serves as warning for local megaquakes, tsunamis

Daniel Eungard gets a handful of tsunami alerts each month because of his job running the tsunami hazards program for the Washington Geological Survey. Most of them are nothing.

Learning from history: How past tsunamis shape Washington's current preparedness

Tuesday's 8.8 magnitude earthquake is the largest detected on the planet since March of 2011, when a violent 9.0 shook Tohoku, Japan.

Watch: Coast Guard evacuates woman from cruise ship during tsunami threat off Washington

Amid a Tsunami Advisory spawned by a massive earthquake off Russia, U.S. Coast Guard teams responded to a call for help off the coast of Washington state.

Has Florida ever experienced a tsunami? Here's what experts say

The Florida Division of Emergency Management's website says the probability of a tsunami hitting the state's coastline is ...

Russia Earthquake, Tsunami Highlights: Chile Upgraded Tsunami Warning To The Highest Level After Earthquake

An earthquake of magnitude 8.8 - one of the world's strongest-struck Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula early on ...

Minimal U.S. effects from tsunami don't mean the forecast was inaccurate

When tsunami waves arrived, they didn’t cause devastation or deaths in the U.S. That doesn’t mean they didn’t pose a risk, ...

Tsunami risk appears to pass for U.S. after massive Russian earthquake; South American countries issue new warnings

A tsunami warning issued for Hawaii after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded, an 8.8 magnitude in Russia's Far ...