The quake hit just before noon and was centered about 70 miles south-southwest of Adak, Alaska, according to USGS data. A tsunami warning was not issued in Alaska, California, the Pacific ...

No immediate reports of fatalities, injuries, or tsunami warnings following quake in southwest of Takotna - Anadolu Ajansı ...

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck about 58 miles southwest of Unalaska Sunday afternoon. Many locals felt the event, ...

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck about 58 miles southwest of Unalaska Sunday afternoon. While many locals felt the event, ...

the tsunami warning coordinator at the National Tsunami Warning Center in Alaska. "We’re glad it didn’t." The conditions could have produced a dangerous tsunami, but there's no way to predict ...

The Pacific system was established two years after a 1946 quake off Alaska spawned a tsunami that killed over 100 people and caused massive destruction around the Pacific. Initially the system was ...

The highest reliably recorded tsunami occurred in 1958 in Alaska when a massive landslide fell into Lituya Bay. The resulting wave that crashed into the other side of the bay was 1,700 feet high.

The most destructive tsunamis have occurred along the coasts of California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska and Hawaii. Earthquake-induced movement of the ocean floor most often generates tsunamis.

Local tsunamis are waves affecting coastlines close to the generating area (whether by tectonic or landslide activity). They may be quite severe but only affect a limited area. An example is a fjord ...