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'Unprecedented': Last year, Alaska had the second-tallest tsunami ever recorded, with zero warning

A wave nearly as tall as the Empire State Building tore through a Southeast Alaska fjord last year. A new study published Wednesday says it was the second-highest tsunami run-up ever recorded in the ...
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Massive 7.4 Earthquake and Tsunami Warning in Japan: Run, Run

Visitors in Japan are urged to turn on NHK and set the audio to the English Subchannel. Run, run is the warning in Japan.A major earthquake was recorded in Japan with strong aftershocks already ...
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Study confirms Alaska fjord's 1,580-foot megatsunami as second highest

Record-breaking wave: Scientists confirmed a 1,580-foot tsunami run-up in Tracy Arm fjord, second only to Alaska’s 1958 Lituya Bay event. Glacier retreat link: The landslide was linked to glacier melt ...
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Tsunami threats underestimated in current models, new research shows

The 2004 Sumatra earthquake generated one of the most destructive tsunamis ever recorded, with 100-foot waves that killed nearly 230,000 and resulted in an estimated $10 billion in damage. It also ...
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April Is Tsunami Awareness Month for the State of Hawaii

The Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) Emergency Management (EM) department hosted a Tsunami Walk for service members and residents in support of Tsunami Awareness Month in Hawaii. (Photo by ...