tsunami

OLYMPIA — New videos show how a large earthquake could set off tsunamis hitting Washington state's outer coast within 15 minutes, and the Tacoma…

How's this for emergency preparedness? An elementary school located in the tsunami inundation zone in Cannon Beach, Oregon, has equipped every student...

Emergency managers along Washington’s southwest coast said they have fixed a significant glitch in their emergency alert systems. That’s after some...

A 7.9 earthquake off the coast of Alaska triggered a tsunami watch that stretched from Washington to California early Tuesday morning. But many coastal...

The magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck about 175 southeast of Kodiak, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The U.S. Tsunami Warning System issued a tsunami warning before downgrading to an advisory.

The rare but ever-present risk of a tsunami has worried people along the Pacific Northwest coast for years. Different communities are working on moving...

When a massive tsunami hit the northeast coast of Japan in 2011 , waves of water overtopped sea walls, swallowed buildings and surged higher than...

Long Beach, Washington, has an earthquake and tsunami preparedness problem shared with some other low-lying coastal Northwest places such as Seaside,...

The Japan Meteorological Agency says Tuesday's magnitude 7.4 quake triggered moderate tsunamis. Seven hours after the quake, all tsunami warnings and advisories were canceled.

The American Society of Civil Engineers in Portland on Wednesday unveiled new standards for building in tsunami zones across the five western states.