The tsunami wave from an anticipated earthquake off the West Coast could reach 100 feet and permanently flood parts of the coast.

“Seeing what it was in real life is completely different.” The 2004 wave, Dr. Titov said, revealed that the world’s tsunami warning system, started in 1965 to monitor threats in the Pacific ...

Since 2004, over 20,000 people have died in over 50 tsunamis. The waves move so quickly that most fatalities occur near the tsunami source — just as they did in 2004. Speeding up local tsunami ...

On December 26, 2004, tsunami waves as high as 30 metres (98 feet) in some areas wiped out coastal areas, splintered families, left thousands homeless and killed tourists on their winter breaks to ...

Researchers found that a potential powerful earthquake combined with rising sea levels could lead to a mega tsunami.

2004, 150 miles off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, packed the energy of 23,000 atomic bombs, according to National Geographic. The resulting tsunami unleashed waves more than 100 ...

A small tsunami has arrived in Antarctica, and residents of Southern Chile and Southern Argentina are evacuating.

A drawback did occur in the eastern areas struck by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. After the water at the shore recedes, massive waves strike the area. However, if the ridge strikes first ...

Four hours later, the first tsunami waves hit Indonesia ... there was nobody to send it to. Also, back in 2004, scientists typically estimated a tsunami's strength by the magnitude of the ...

Presents a minute-by-minute account of the most destructive tsunami in modern times ... present in Thailand and Sri Lanka on December 26, 2004.

Tsunamis and tidal waves are the powerful types of wave on Earth, but very different processes are involved in their formation. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...