A magnitude 8.2 earthquake caused a tsunami that killed more than 5,200 people on Dec. 30, 1703, according to NOAA data. The event occurred off the southwest Boso Peninsula, which is just south of ...

The biggest tsunami ever recorded reached 1720 feet high—which is taller than the Willis Tower in Chicago.

As climate change increases the likelihood of glacial melt and destabilized terrain in some parts of the world, scientists warn that rare events like the Lituya Bay tsunami could happen in similar ...

This geological event caused approximately 40 million cubic yards of rock to crash into the narrow fjord of Lituya Bay, ...

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

What are the biggest earthquakes in history? 5. Russia 1952: Magnitude 9.0 A magnitude 9.0 earthquake hit Severo-Kurilsk on the Kamchatka Peninsula in east Russia on November 4, 1952.

The Scottish government has green-lighted one of the world’s biggest wind farms, just days after President Donald Trump ranted about “windmills” while visiting the country. The U.S. president was in ...

No, this wasn’t a scene from a Hollywood disaster film. It was real. On the night of July 9, 1958, along the Fairweather Fault in the Alaska Panhandle, nature unleashed the largest tsunami ever ...

Geologists have discovered evidence of an ancient 560-foot mega-tsunami.

As climate change increases the likelihood of glacial melt and destabilized terrain in some parts of the world, scientists warn that rare events like the Lituya Bay tsunami could happen in similar ...