An area near Petersville, Alaska, was hit with a 4.6 earthquake on Wednesday, according to the United States Geological Survey. Newsweek reached out to the USGS's Earthquake Hazards Program via email ...

Tsunami warnings prompted gridlocked traffic as people tried to reach higher elevations in Hawaii, but the threat level was ...

Dave Snider, Warning Coordinator with the Tsunami Warning Center, says Alaska got lucky after the magnitude 8.8 earthquake ...

A powerful earthquake off Russia’s east coast triggered tsunami waves across the Pacific, prompting alerts in Hawaii and ...

Fears of a devastating tsunami across the Pacific faded Wednesday after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck ...

But the danger appeared to be waning in some places, with the US state of Hawaii and Japan downgrading their warnings.

A tsunami sent waves into parts of Russia, Japan, Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off ...

The Alaska Emergency Operations Center mistakenly sent an evacuation order to Unalaskans after a mid-July earthquake due to ...

Hours after a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck near the Russian coast, becoming one of the strongest tremors ever ...

Cruise ships are generally safe during a tsunami if they are in the open ocean, as the waves remain low in deep water but ...

This week's tsunami advisory for the coast of B.C. wasn't the first time the ocean has posed a threat to the region.