The National Tsunami Warning Center (NTWC) issued warnings, watches and advisories after the temblor struck about 7:30 p.m.

In the evening on Tuesday July 29, an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula leading to widespread tsunami warnings along the entire Pacific Coast of the United States.

Tsunami warnings prompted gridlocked traffic as people tried to reach higher elevations in Hawaii, but the threat level was ...

Tsunami alerts were issued across the Pacific shores in Hawaii, Alaska and the West Coast states of California, Oregon and Washington following a massive earthquake in Russia on Tuesday. The 8.8 ...

Tsunami alerts were issued for Alaska and Hawaii on Tuesday after a major, 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of ...

According to the NWS tsunami warning system, the earthquake occurred off the east coast of Kamchatka, Russia, around 7:24 p.m ...

One of the most powerful earthquakes in modern history shook Russia’s remote east coast Wednesday, sending tsunami waves ...

Warnings, advisories and watches were issued in Alaska, Hawaii, California, Oregon and Washington after a magnitude 8.8 ...

After that disaster, in 1949 the United States established the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC), the first of its kind, to provide early warnings to populations around the Pacific. It was a ...

By The Associated Press A tsunami hit coastal areas of Russia’s Kuril Islands and Japan’s large northern island of Hokkaido ...

A tsunami warning is the most severe type of emergency alert. In Hawaii, sirens and text messages alerted residents that a ...