However, it was a stark reminder of the Pacific’s seismic volatility ... and extremely destructive tsunamis have occurred in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, as well as the Mediterranean Sea.

“There was a tsunami then and we know about that tsunami partly from the oral history along the Pacific Northwest coast. We know it from geology studies of tsunami deposits, but we have the date ...

German scientists said Thursday they discovered evidence that a major natural disaster occurred in the Atlantic Ocean around 2,000 years ago - possibly triggering a monster tsunami. The edge of ...

Tsunamis most commonly occur in the Pacific Ocean around the "Ring of ... tsunami also traveled around 5 kilometers inland.

Survivors and victims' relatives will this week mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean ... Pacific basin. - Huge death toll - A total of 226,408 people died as a result of the tsunami ...

How vulnerable is New Zealand to tsunami? New Zealand is quite vulnerable to tsunami. Tsunami hazard for the Pacific basin is higher than for other oceans because of the 'ring-of-fire' - the zone of ...

The lasting legacy of the Boxing Day Tsunami exists in the form of the Indian Ocean tsunami warning system. Similar warning systems have existed for the Pacific Ocean since 1949, but the Indian and ...

That information is transmitted to warning centres that, in addition to the Pacific, now cover the Indian Ocean, the Caribbean, the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, and the Mediterranean Sea. The data ...

That is a lesson carried and delivered by a small boat swept away in the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that washed ... cities across the vast Pacific Ocean.

French scientists have been doing just that, focusing on the risk of a tsunami occurring around its Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts and installing early warning systems. 2004 Indian Ocean ...