Hawaii’s unique position in the center of the Pacific Ocean makes it particularly vulnerable to tsunamis from both distant ...

Giant quakes off Indonesia in which five people died caused panic but little damage, with warning systems introduced after the catastrophic 2004 Asian tsunami proving successful, experts said on ...

You highlight, in a News story, the controversy over the reliance of tsunami early-warning systems on model-based forecasts (Nature 464, 14–15; 2010). Important advances have been made in near ...

Confusion surrounding last Wednesday’s midday tsunami alert opened opportunities to better coordinate warnings among federal and local emergency officials, Kodiak Emergency Manager Rich Gonzalez said ...

The tsunami advisory center is the third supporting center for the commission's Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System. The other two are hosted by the United States and Japan.

An advisory was previously issued for the entire U.S. West Coast and Alaska. The National Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami advisory for American Samoa after another undersea volcano ...

A tsunami warning is issued when a tsunami has the "potential to generate widespread inundation" and is either occurring or imminent. A massive volcanic eruption has occurred on Tonga Island of Tonga.

Japan’s Meteorological Agency withdrew a tsunami advisory after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of southwest Japan. The quake struck shortly after 9:19 p.m. local time (7:19 a ...

The center later canceled the advisory for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, but said advisories were still in place for Cuba – where tsunami waves of between 1 and 3 meters above tide level ...

TOKYO and LONDON -- A tsunami advisory has now been lifted after an earlier warning in the wake of a strong earthquake Monday off the coast of Japan’s Miyazaki Prefecture, officials said. The U ...

The Australian Government has issued a "red" aviation alert and Japan has issued a tsunami warning after a volcano erupted in Indonesia. Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupted on Tuesday, June 17, and ...