HONOLULU -- Fears of a devastating tsunami faded Wednesday for the U.S. and Japan after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off a sparsely populated Russian peninsula, but new alerts ...

One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded triggered huge tsunami waves across the Pacific Ocean. Some as high as four metres were observed after the 8.8-magnitude tremor struck off the city ...

Tsunami means “harbor wave” in Japanese, but they differ from other waves that are generated by the wind or solar system. Tsunami waves move the entire depth of the ocean, down to the floor, which is ...