A magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Sept. 18 off Russia's Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky region briefly triggered a tsunami advisory for Alaska's Aleutian Islands. However, the advisory for Alaska has ...

SEATTLE — For the first time, we are seeing in detail how large tsunami waves would roll out along the coast and through the inland waters of Washington state. The simulations from the Washington ...

Tsunami warnings that could affect the Washington coast may now take longer to reach the public. Alaska State Seismologist Michael West told KIRO Newsradio Tuesday that the National Oceanic and ...

Emergency management officials provide scenario, encourage preparedness ...

Washington officials believe 8,000 people would die as a result of an earthquake-driven tsunami after a magnitude 9 quake hits off the coast. The reason is many low-lying communities are without easy ...

U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, is demanding answers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration after the agency cut funding for real-time tsunami alerts for West Coast states.

The next great American tsunami is not a Hollywood fantasy but a scenario that coastal planners, geologists and emergency ...