Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A tsunami is a series of ocean waves generated primarily by underwater disturbances, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or ...

Last week, just after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake violently shook the eastern edge of Russia, Californians were warned to gird for possible impact: a tsunami was headed across the ocean, taking aim at ...

San Luis Obispo County escaped damage after a tsunami advisory put all of the county's coastline on alert Tuesday night and even prompted an evacuation warning in one low-lying area, following a ...

An estimated 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off Russia's coast, triggering tsunami alerts in nearly a half dozen U.S. Pacific Coast states, where booming waves − some documented as high as 15 feet – ...

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off the coast of northern California on Thursday at 10:44 a.m. PST, just offshore of Cape Mendocino. Shortly after the earthquake, a tsunami warning was issued.