It’s only taken a few hundred years, but the “Spice Islands” region of eastern Indonesia — now known as the Maluku Islands — is once again attracting attention. Virtually off-the-grid for global ...

For WA's retiring Chief Health Officer Andy Robertson, the 2020 spread of the "novel coronavirus" was not the first time he ...

For the second time in two months, residents and emergency officials around the Pacific rim of the United States were put on alert about a potential tsunami after a Russian earthquake. The magnitude 7 ...

The threat of tsunami waves for coastal regions of Chile quickly passed, after a large earthquake in the body of water that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. A category 7.5 quake struck the ...

A tsunami triggered by an undersea earthquake off the coast of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on July 30 appears to have damaged the Rybachiy naval base -- Russia's main base for nuclear submarines in ...

Tsunamis rippled across the Pacific Ocean after a massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck Tuesday afternoon off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. The largest wave in Alaska was 2.7 feet and ...

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia's Far East early Wednesday, sending tsunami waves into Hawaii, the U.S. West Coast and Japan. Several people were injured, none gravely, ...

Millions of people were safely evacuated due to tsunami warnings rapidly issued after a powerful earthquake rumbled off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula on 29 July. Though the quake didn’t ...

Fears of a devastating tsunami faded Wednesday for the U.S. and Japan after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off a sparsely populated Russian peninsula, but new alerts along South ...

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — The National Weather Service has lifted a tsunami advisory for the coast of San Diego and Orange Counties, after a preliminary 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit near Russia's ...

Many in Waikiki didn’t listen to evacuation orders during Tuesday's tsunami warning, putting themselves and others in danger. Elected officials from Waikiki and Kakaako say Tuesday’s traffic gridlock ...

The specter of a tsunami generated in Far East Russia by one of the largest earthquakes in recorded history appeared to pass with a relative whimper Wednesday across Northern California, leaving ...