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Tsunami advisory lifted for Oregon, still in effect in parts of Alaska, Hawaii, California

As of 10:40 a.m. Wednesday, the tsunami advisory for Washington and much of the western U.S. coast has been canceled.A ...
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After Alaska tsunami scare from Russian quake, an expert explains the hazard

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

California and Alaska brace for tsunami waves after massive earthquake hits Russia

The first waves reached Alaska and Hawaii early Wednesday morning, with other Western U.S. states bracing for impact ...

8.8-magnitude earthquake sends small tsunami into coasts of Russia, Japan and Alaska

One of the world's strongest earthquakes struck Russia's Far East early Wednesday, an 8.8-magnitude temblor that caused ...

Strongest earthquake since 2011 prompts tsunami warnings for Hawaii and Alaska

A magnitude 8.8 earthquake, one of the 10 strongest earthquakes ever recorded, struck off the coast of Russia on July 29, ...

Eerie Video Shows Alaska-Bound Royal Carribean Cruise As Tsunami Threat Looms

Eric Spracklen, an Ohio -based digital strategist, quote-tweeted an alert about the 8.0 earthquake —which was later upgraded to an 8.8—off the coast of Russia that prompted tsunami alerts in Japan, ...

History’s biggest recorded tsunami happened in the US: A look back

Imagine a wall of water taller than the Empire State Building crashing through a quiet fjord in the dead of night. No warning ...

Tsunami evacuations ordered in South America, but worst risk appears to pass for US after huge quake

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