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Sailing in Alaska? Watch out for tsunamis
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThis article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like...
7.2 magnitude earthquake hits Alaska coast as tsunami warning issued
The Independent via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAn earthquake of magnitude 7.2 struck the Alaska Peninsula region early on Sunday morning, with a...
Alaska's Formidable, Yet Stunning Seward Highway
Travel Noire via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOne of Alaska’s, and America’s formidable, yet stunning, highways is the Seward Highway. It stretches between Anchorage and Seward, Alaska. Over a span...
A tsunami warning this week was false. How likely is a giant wave to hit Florida, anyway?
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 10 months agoWhen the weather in Florida continues getting wilder, hotter and seemingly more violent every year,...
Spontaneous Tsunamis Could Take Out Cruise Ships
Jalopnik via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoLandslide-generated tsunamis don’t come with any warning signs and they’re impossible to predict. Tsunami scientists are meeting with vessel operators in...
How West Coast residents should prepare for the threat of a tsunami
Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen most people hear the word “tsunami,” they may imagine a massive wave, but that’s actually a...
What the anniversary of the Great Cascadia earthquake might tell us about 'The Big One'
The Register-Guard via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAnyone who's lived in the Pacific Northwest for any length of time has likely heard of "The Big...
5.4-magnitude quake in ocean off Alaska felt hundreds of miles away, seismologists say
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA 5.4-magnitude earthquake shook the Pacific Ocean south of Homer, Alaska, the U.S. Geological...
No California tsunami danger from huge Taiwan earthquake, officials say
LA Times via Yahoo News· 3 months agoOfficials said there is no tsunami threat for California and the U.S. West Coast after a powerful...
The 20 largest recorded earthquakes in history
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Great East Japan Earthquake in Iwate. Here we see the remains of a house amongst a lot of rubble after an earthquake. As the world's tectonic plates...