Earthquakes can be damaging enough, but sometimes what follows can be worse. Dan Smith takes us through one of Earth's most ...

Satellites Catch a 650-Foot Tsunami in Greenland That Shook the Planet for Days ...

A powerful earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula provided a real-world test for NASA's new GUARDIAN system. This experimental technology detected subtle atmospheric pressure waves caused by the ...

SAN DIEGO — A tsunami is triggered by a massive amount of energy being struck into the ocean, said a San Diego geology expert, weighing in after Tuesday's powerful earthquake in Russia. "It could be ...

SWOT was never designed to track disasters. Launched in December 2022 as a joint mission between NASA and France’s Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, its primary goal is to create the first global ...

A traffic police officer in Peru sets up a roadblock during a tsunami warning in La Punta, Callao province on July 30, 2025. Alerts were issued in countries across the Pacific, following a massive 8.8 ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – As tsunami warnings and watches sound around the world following an 8.8 earthquake registered off the coast of Russia, scientists are warning that one of the best defenses against ...

In the spring of 2024, a group of scientists attending a national seismology conference in Anchorage purposely sailed into danger. Chartering a tour boat, they sailed into Prince William Sound and ...

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 ...

Last week, just after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake violently shook the eastern edge of Russia, Californians were warned to gird for possible impact: a tsunami was headed across the ocean, taking aim at ...

ATLANTA — A powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula late Monday, triggering a tsunami that surged across the Pacific Ocean. Tsunami alerts stretched from Japan to ...