Hawaii, on the other hand, has a dark history with mega tsunamis caused by collapsing volcanoes. Scientists say about 105,000 years ago, a 1,000-foot wave slammed into the island of Lanai after a ...

While some experts argue this Cumbre Vieja scenario is unlikely, as the volcano has erupted without causing such a tsunami, the US faces far more immediate mega-tsunami risks in three regions ...

Scientists are warning that a 100-foot, Doomsday-style tsunami is primed to hit the US West Coast at any moment. Yet ...

Megatsunami Risk on the Rise in a Warming World . Kate Ravilious The Guardian August 23, 2024 AP ... Triggered by a large landslide entering the uninhabited Dickson Fjord, the resulting tsunami was ...

A recent 7.3 magnitude earthquake off Alaska's Aleutian Peninsula triggered tsunami warnings, stirring memories of the 1958 ...

Nearly 70 years ago, the U.S. state of Alaska was hit by a gigantic wave that holds the status of the largest ever recorded.

While the potential risks of such a landslide are very ... that a collapse would release 16 times more debris and 11 times more energy than Alaska's 1958 Lituya Bay landslide and mega-tsunami." ...

In 10 minutes, such a tsunami would travel almost 250 kilometers. "Anyone planning a holiday to the Canary Islands and the islanders themselves need not panic," Day says.

And there was the catastrophic mega-tsunami of 1700, originating from a magnitude 9 earthquake over the Cascadia fault system, which runs offshore from Northern California to Vancouver Island for ...

A massive landslide triggered by climate change unleashed a 650-foot “mega-tsunami” that caused Earth to vibrate for nine days. The seismic event in a remote part of Greenland last September ...