Tsunami News

Notably, Alaska, located along the seismically volatile Pacific Ring of Fire, is no stranger to significant earthquakes. The region has experienced several large tremors in the past, including the historic 9.2-magnitude earthquake in March 1964 -- the most powerful ever recorded in North America.

IAS Radhakrishnan, who was the district collector then, played a key role in rescue and relief operations after the tsunami struck on December 26, 2004, claiming the lives of more than 6,000 people.

Due to climate change and rising global temperatures, the glaciers had been gradually thinning. When the glacier finally gave way, it sent a colossal amount of debris tumbling into the fjord, displacing enough material to fill around 10,000 Olympic-sized pools.

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.5 rattled Japan on January 1 The quake also triggered a major tsunami warning in that prefecture A fire broke out in Wajima City shortly after the quake, reportedly destroying more than 100 stores and houses

TOKYO: A powerful earthquake and tsunami struck central Japan and its western coast on Monday, triggering warnings for residents to evacuate, knocking out power to thousands of homes and disrupting flights and rail services to the affected region. The quake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 triggered waves of around 1 metre along parts of the Sea of Japan coast with a larger wave expected, public broadcaster NHK reported. (Image and News Credit: Reuters)

After the earthquake, tsunami struck the coastal regions of Japan, bringing nearly 5-meter-high waves to the Ishikawa region.  

The US Tsunami Warning System issued a tsunami warning for South Alaska, the Alaska Peninsula and regions of the Pacific near to the earthquake.

A strong earthquake shook Tokyo today The magnitude 6.2 quake was centred off the east coast of Chiba Peninsula No Tsunami warning has been issued

According to European Mediterranean Seismological Centre, aftershocks may occur in the next hours or days, however, there is no risk of a tsunami after the earthquake.

Vanuatu is home to about 280,000 people and is prone to natural disasters, with a half-dozen active volcanoes as well as regular cyclones and earthquakes. 

In a span of just 20 minutes of massive earthquake in Indian ocean, humongous sea waves rising above over 100 feet crashed into capital city of Indonesia and killed over 170,000 people.

The magnitude of the earthquake was 5.2 on the Richter scale. The National Center for Seismology (NCS) also said that this tremor was felt 10 km below the sea level. According to NCS sources, the epicenter was 421 km and 434 km from Puri (East) and Bhubaneswar (East-South-East) respectively.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 jolted Japan's Kyushu island on Saturday No casualties have been reported so far

A tsunami advisory group said the quake "may be capable of generating a tsunami affecting the Indian Ocean region". Officials said that the risk assessment for the quake impacts was underway.

A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Fukushima in northern Japan on Wednesday night. A small tsunami reached shore, but the low-risk advisory was lifted by Thursday morning.

Two were confirmed dead and over one hundred people are injured. Authorities cancelled an earlier tsunami warning.

Northern Japan was hit by a disastrous quake and tsunami in 2011. No casualty or damage reported so far.

Strong, shallow underwater earthquakes shook western Indonesia and the Philippine capital region today No serious damage was immediately reported and no tsunami warnings were issued, according to reports

Australia and New Zealand have dispatched surveillance flights to assess the damage in Tonga. It is isolated from the rest of the world due to the eruption of an underwater volcano that triggered a tsunami. Australian PM pledged to provide support for Tonga but said volcano ash had hampered relief efforts.

The Japan Meteorological Agency said that it expected surge waves of up to 3 meters (10 feet) to reach the Amami and Tokara Islands.