Oregon's Governor designates February as Earthquake and Tsunami Awareness Month to promote disaster preparedness.

The Oregon Office of Emergency Management advises on tsunami preparedness, emphasizing risk awareness and community planning.

A new "wind phone" has been installed in Oak Island to help people cope with grief. The phone, which is not connected to any ...

Japan faced a massive earthquake, a huge tsunami, and a nuclear meltdown. All things considered, they fared pretty well. Why?

Armed with measuring devices, groups of citizens are embracing science to monitor radioactive fallout — and regain control of ...

January 26 marked the 325th anniversary since the last earthquake struck the Cascadia subduction zone. Centuries later, the ...

Roki Sasaki is Major League Baseball's hottest new star but he had to struggle through adversity to get there, losing his father and grandparents in Japan's deadly 2011 tsunami ... off the map when a ...

NHK said a tsunami, estimated to be as high as 1 meter (3.2 feet ... the southwestern main island, Japan's Meteorological Agency said. The agency initially gave the depth as 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) ...

March 11, 2011. (Courtesy of Fumiaki Konno) The Tohoku earthquake — the strongest recorded in Japan, at a magnitude of 9.1 — and resulting tsunami killed more than 18,000 and remains the ...

Two of Japan's nuclear power plants were rattled on Monday when a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck southwest Japan, prompting a tsunami advisory for parts of the region. This map shows the ...

TOKYO — Japan issued a tsunami advisory on Monday after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the country’s southwest. The public warnings to stay away from coastal areas were later lifted.

Japan issued a tsunami advisory on Monday after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the southwest of the country. The public warnings to stay away from coastal areas were later lifted. The agency ...