Along a quiet stretch of the Pacific Northwest, a hidden fault is slowly loading the energy for what could be the most ...

When a huge earthquake struck near Kamchatka, the SWOT satellite captured an unprecedented, high-resolution view of the resulting tsunami as it crossed the Pacific. The data revealed the waves were ...

Tsunamis are large, powerful waves caused by the displacement of water in an ocean or a large lake. They are sometimes ...

The 2025 tsunami is shattering old models, thanks to observations from space. On July 29, 2025, the world’s sixth biggest ...

Tsunamis are among the most powerful and destructive natural forces on Earth. These massive surges of water form through entirely different processes than regular ocean waves, and their size can range ...

GPS networks are already a crucial part of everyday life around the world, but an international team of scientists has found a new, potentially life-saving use for them: tsunami warnings. Researchers ...

All tsunamis are big events. Their fuel is a major geologic disturbance—a landslide, volcanic eruption, earthquake, or even meteor impact—that displaces huge amounts of water. But some tsunamis are ...