On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.1 earthquake jolted the seafloor about 70 kilometers (45 miles) offshore of Japan’s Tohoku region. It was the largest…
Megathrust earthquakes and subsequent tsunamis that originate in subduction zones like Cascadia — Vancouver Island, Canada, to northern California — are some of the most…
When he first encountered Lituya Bay in 1786, the French explorer Jean-François de Galaup La Pérouse was intrigued by an odd line in the forests…
Using NASA satellite imagery and software processing approaches, a group of geoscientists has discovered a landslide-generated tsunami threat in Barry Arm, Alaska, that will likely…
While kayaking in Barry Arm fjord in June 2019, Valisa Higman, an artist-in-residence at Alaska’s Chugach National Forest, noticed some odd fractures on a cliff…
Careful engineering of low, plant-covered hills along shorelines can mitigate tsunami risks with less disruption of coastal life and lower costs compared to seawalls. In…
Where tectonic plates meet, a change in angle. On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9 earthquake struck under the seabed off Japan–the most powerful quake…
Deducing the scale of tsunamis from the ’roundness’ of deposited gravel. Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University and Ritsumeikan University have found a link between the…
Over a century after the Romans gave up control of what’s today Geneva, Switzerland, in 563 A.D., a deadly tsunami on Lake Geneva poured over…
Something interesting happened in the skies of Alabama recently. You might say that it made waves even. Wave shaped clouds. It’s an effect known as…