Oregon, Washington real-time tsunami alerts threatened due to federal funding cuts, lawmaker warns

A $300,000 grant cut to the Alaska Earthquake Center could force nine stations offline and delay warnings for Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California and Hawaii, the senator warns.
KUOW

Nine Alaska seismic stations to go dark in January, slowing West Coast tsunami alerts

No one died in Washington, though four members of the McKinzie family from Tacoma drowned while camping on a beach in Newport ...
Yakima Herald-Republic

NOAA cuts back on seismic data used for West Coast tsunami alerts

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 ...
WDRB

How 30 years of NOAA research led to one very accurate and timely tsunami forecast

This image captures the modeled propagation of the tsunami wave generated by an 8.8 magnitude megathrust earthquake off the coast of Kamchatcka, Russia on July 29,2025. When an 8.8 magnitude ...

NASA satellite captures first detailed overhead view of Pacific tsunami

A new study shares how scientists have gained an unprecedented look at how tsunami waves spread across the ocean.

First detailed look at tsunami captured from space by NASA, CNSE satellite—here's why it matters

The fresh, detailed glimpse into the geophysical phenomenon came after NASA and CNSE's SWOT satellite captured the tsunami ...
AOL

What are the biggest tsunamis ever? How July 29 earthquake, tsunami compares.

The deadliest recorded tsunami in history claimed hundreds of thousands of lives after a magnitude 9.1 earthquake rocked the Indian Ocean in 2004. No deaths have been reported from tsunami waves ...