tsunami

The Washington State Department of Natural Resources along with the Washington Geological Survey division of DNR, have released a new report showing the effects a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami would have on the WA coast, Tacoma and Seattle...

A Tsunami Warning has been issued for Cook Inlet (Anchorage)

7.9 Magnitude Earthquake in Alaska Triggers Tsunami Watch for Northwest

If you haven't heard of the Cascadia Subduction Zone, you will. It's that huge fault that lies between 50-60 miles off the Pacific Coast, ranging from California up Oregon and Washington's coasts. And experts now say it could be due to move big time within the next 50 years.

If you've seen the trailers for the new Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson movie "San Andreas,"  you might want to pay at least a little attention.

Perhaps inspired by the events in Japan four years ago with the major tsunami, a recent study has been completed about the effects of such an event on the coasts of CA, Oregon and Washington state.

Washington and Oregon wildlife officials are looking over the latest arrival of tsunami visitors from Japan. The massive earthquake that triggered the tidal wave and wiped out the Fukushima nuclear plant in 2011 continues to bring a variety of items to the Washington and Oregon shorelines...

According to Associate Press, Tillamook county officials tell The Oregonian that it plans to do away with its tsunami warning sirens, claiming that the residence will either be alerted by the media or the earthquake. No everyone agrees with the decision and has set up a Facebook page called SOS Save Our Sirens in Tillamook County...

It's gotten past the novelty stage now, and could be a growing - and expensive problem.

The bids are in, and it's not going to be cheap to remove the huge Japanese tsunami dock that washed ashore recently hear Newport OR.