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Tsunami advisory lifted for Oregon, still in effect in parts of Alaska, Hawaii, California

As of 10:40 a.m. Wednesday, the tsunami advisory for Washington and much of the western U.S. coast has been canceled.A ...

Tsunami hits Hawaii, Alaska coasts after 8.8-magnitude Pacific quake

A tsunami hit coastal areas of Russia’s Kuril Islands, Japan and Hawaii and Alaska after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck ...

Eerie video shows Alaska-bound cruise as tsunami threat looms

Eric Spracklen, an Ohio -based digital strategist, quote-tweeted an alert about the 8.0 earthquake —which was later upgraded to an 8.8—off the coast of Russia that prompted tsunami alerts in Japan, ...

History’s biggest recorded tsunami happened in the US: A look back

Imagine a wall of water taller than the Empire State Building crashing through a quiet fjord in the dead of night. No warning ...

Tsunami evacuations ordered in South America, but worst risk appears to pass for US after huge quake

Fears of a devastating tsunami across the Pacific faded Wednesday after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck ...
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Tsunami warning canceled in Alaska after magnitude 7.3 earthquake

A tsunami warning was issued for south Alaska and the Alaska Peninsula after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck at around 4.30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service (NWS ...

A tiny city nicknamed a ‘tsunami magnet’ saw the highest waves in continental US after the earthquake

Crescent City, often dubbed a "tsunami magnet," recorded waves of up to 1.22 metres (4 feet) early on Wednesday. These were the highest observed anywhere in the continental United States following an ...

Chile and New Zealand maintain tsunami warnings as threat subsides in most places

The danger from Wednesday's 8.8 magnitude earthquake appeared to be subsiding in most places, but Chile kept alerts at the ...