CANNON BEACH — A new computer simulation is helping to guide tsunami evacuation planning on the Oregon Coast. Produced by Oregon State University, six computerized simulations show where people might ...

The tsunami will arrive "very soon" after the earthquake and the south bank of Ecola Creek could sink significantly."If the bridge is not sufficiently raised, it is covered by a tsunami while evacuees ...

School children wearing padded hoods to protect them from falling debris make their way to an evacuation shelter on a hill during a tsunami simulation drill ahead of World Tsunami Awareness Day at ...

CANNON BEACH, Ore. -- With just a click on the computerized map of Cannon Beach, the numbers start rolling. Seconds fly by, then minutes. More numbers roll over so fast they can barely be read, but ...

A simulation shows the devastating reality of the 2004 tsunami, also known as the Boxing Day tsunami, that claimed 220,000 lives. This year marks 20 years since the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami ...

Some 66 million years ago, a 6-mile-wide asteroid crashed into Earth near what today is Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, wiping out much of the planet’s life. The impact left a crater 110 miles wide and 12 ...

A simulation released by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) shows the impact of a 7.5-magnitude earthquake on the Seattle Fault. “Tsunami waves could be as high as 42 feet at ...