Real-time tsunami alerts are expected to go silent starting next month, delaying the lifesaving messaging systems, after funding cuts to nine of the Alaska Earthquake Center’s seismic stations at the ...

“Losing nine seismic monitoring stations can provide a really big geographic gap, and then it may take minutes for other seismic monitoring stations that are located very far away, for the seismic ...

Japan Meteorological Agency says a strong earthquake hits off Japanese northern coast, tsunami alert issued The Associated Press December 8, 2025, 9:34 AM ...

Real-time tsunami alerts for the West Coast, including Oregon and Washington, are expected to end next month due to federal budget cuts, according to U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash, the Ranking ...

Columbia Memorial Hospital near Oregon's coastline is forging ahead with emergency plans in case of a major earthquake or ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ended a contract with the Alaska Earthquake Center that helped maintain some seismic stations and transmit data in real time. Alaska state ...

A powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake shook northern Japan on Dec. 8 and prompted a tsunami warning, officials said. The Japan Meteorological Agency said a tsunami as high as 10 feet could hit Japan's ...

KUOW Photo/John Ryan It was just before midnight when the tsunami that started with an earthquake in Alaska’s Prince William Sound reached Washington state. The year was 1964. At La Push, a 7-foot ...