TORNADOES, volcanic winters and 70-foot tsunamis aren’t the first words that come to mind when you think: Britain. But our ...

All tsunamis are, by definition, big events. Their fuel is a major geologic disturbance—a landslide, volcanic eruption, earthquake, or even meteor impact—that displaces huge amounts of water.

Earthquake-induced movement of the ocean floor most often generates tsunamis. If a major earthquake or landslide occurs close to shore, the first wave in a series could reach the beach in a few ...

There are two types of tsunamis: Local and Teletsunamis. Local tsunamis are waves affecting coastlines close to the generating area (whether by tectonic or landslide activity). They may be quite ...

Our new national landslide susceptibility map shows where they're ... Aug. 21, 2024 — New research has revealed how an underwater avalanche grew more than 100 times in size causing a massive ...

"Distant source tsunamis, such as those originating from ... Geologists first suspected an underwater landslide, but later linked it to a series of thunderstorms on the Georgia coast.

We now know that several storms earlier this year increased the pace of the Rancho Palos Verdes landslide, in some areas. That's despite rainfall totals being well below average for this time of year.

The risk of undersea landslides and their potential to cause tsunamis along New Zealand’s east coast is being investigated by scientists aboard the German research vessel RV Sonne as part of a ...

A massive 7.7 and 6.4 magnitude earthquake that struck central Myanmar on Friday morning has reported 144 deaths and over 732 ...