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California
Tsunami waves generated by a large offshore earthquake would threaten at least 1 million coastal residents in California and inundate the nation’s largest port complex, according to a new report.
Dec. 12, 2005
Opinion
Los Angeles wants you to sign up for alerts for a danger you may not realize you face: If you’re at the coast, you’re in a tsunami zone.
June 25, 2023
Powerful waves generated by an earthquake--even one centered on land--could strike coastal areas quickly, scientists say. But such events are rare.
April 27, 2000
World & Nation
The skeletal remains of 29 people have been found near the site where the Dec. 26 tsunami swept away a commuter train in one of the single worst losses of life from the disaster, police said Tuesday.
March 20, 2019
Panicked residents, police and soldiers in this remote fishing village clobbered by a devastating weekend tsunami ran to higher ground Tuesday, shouting, “Water is coming!
Dec. 26, 2018
Eight-foot waves from the Japan tsunami destroyed much of Crescent City harbor, battered boats, closed the 101 Freeway and left one person missing.
July 11, 2012
The Earth had barely stopped shaking when the sea peeled back, exposing hidden reefs and vast stretches of ocean bottom.
July 20, 1997
March 11 marks the third anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami that pummeled Japan, killing more than 20,000 people. Photographers for AFP/Getty Images and Kyodo News revisited the disaster scenes in 2013 to show the changes over the last two years.
March 7, 2013
Study suggests two underwater faults could each generate 7.1 quakes, swamping areas near shore with 30-foot waves. But they note that perennial risk of fires and floods still poses much greater danger by comparison.
April 13, 2000
More than 3 1/2 years after a 50-foot tsunami rushed up the Kitagami River, inundating houses and farms and destroying everything in its path, the road to this city’s port remains unusable.
Nov. 7, 2014