In July 1958, a magnitude 8,3 earthquake in the Fairweather Fault shook the southern coast of Alaska, causing the highest recorded wave on Earth, according to Livescience. Ground shaking triggered a massive landslide in nearby Lituya Bay, triggering a devastating tsunami that killed five…
An underwater volcano near Tonga has erupted for the third time in four days, CNN reports. This potentially threatens reconnaissance flights to assess the damage caused to the island nation in the Pacific Ocean after a powerful eruption and tsunami on January 15th. The Australian Meteorological Service announced...
A magnitude 7,5 earthquake near Sand Point, Alaska, caused two tsunamis. This was reported by Scott Langley from the National Tsunami Warning Center, writes CNN. According to meteorologists, two tsunami waves were expected, each up to 130 centimeters in height. However, in fact, observers...
Tornado, tsunami, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, forest fires, floods, droughts. In the 10 million square meters of the United States, which covers 11 climatic regions, anything happens. ForumDaily studied in which states a natural disaster may await you, what to do if you find yourself in a zone ...
Indonesia fell victim to a disastrous tsunami. According to media reports, more than 370 people died and about 1500 were injured. Hundreds of houses have been destroyed. A giant wave hit the coast of the Sunda Strait on Saturday evening, December 22 (local time). There is evidence that the wave could have been caused by a recent volcanic eruption ...
On March 1, 2018, in a message to the Federal Assembly, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the country had developed unmanned underwater vehicles capable of moving at very great depths and at an intercontinental range at a speed that is multiples of the speed of submarines, the most modern torpedoes and all types of submarines, even ...
On the morning of February 6, a bug in the AccuWeather apps caused routine testing of the National Weather Service (NWS) tsunami warning system to spiral out of control, and East Coast residents received push notifications or SMS messages warning of a tsunami actually ...
In the Caribbean Sea between the coast of Honduras and the Cayman Islands, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7,6 hit. The aftershocks have forced officials to issue a warning of a possible tsunami threat across the region. The US Geological Survey assigned 7,6 points to the earthquake. It happened at sea about 125 miles ...
An earthquake measuring 8,2 on the Richter scale struck the coast of Mexico. President Enrique Peña Nieto called this tremor the strongest in the last hundred years. The epicenter of the earthquake was located 119 km southwest of the settlement of Tres Pikos. The focus of the earthquake lay ...
Geologists warn that tectonic plate collisions in Alaska could trigger underwater earthquakes. They, in turn, will cause tsunamis in Hawaii and the California coast. In the past century, several of these tsunamis have destroyed parts of Hawaii, Alaska and California. Geophysicist John Miller reports that there could be more tsunamis ...