Tsunamis don't happen very often, but when they do, they can cause a lot of damage. They are a series of waves, caused by a large displacement…
Tsunami advisories in some areas of the U.S. are being canceled as concerns about devastating damage faded in Japan and along the U.S. Pacific Coast.
Japan is frequently hit by earthquakes due to its location along the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin.
People are gathering in prayer and visiting mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami.
The quake struck at 10:44 a.m. west of Ferndale, a small city in coastal Humboldt County near the Oregon border.
The USGS is reporting several earthquakes in the Hawthorne-Schurz-Mina area.
A powerful magnitude-7.0 earthquake has struck in the Pacific off the far eastern coast of Russia near a major naval base, but there are no early reports of damage or injuries.
A powerful earthquake rocked the entire island of Taiwan early Wednesday.
Authorities closed an important bridge in Ferndale that was showing damage.
There are no immediate reports of casualties or damage.