causing slight damage and brief evacuations before the threat of a tsunami hitting the Pacific island country passed. Tsunami sirens could be heard after the 1:18 a.m. quake urging residents to ...

Tsunami sirens could be heard after the 1:18 a.m. quake urging residents ... were seen moving inland or to higher ground before officials gave the all-clear for residents to return home.

Thousands have died and thousands more may remain under the rubble across Myanmar and Thailand after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck on Friday.

The National Weather Service canceled its alert after roughly an hour and before the tsunami was expected to ... quake struck west of Ferndale, a small city in coastal Humboldt County.

The tree was the only one in a seaside grove that was left standing after the tsunami swamped the city. It became a symbol of survival, resilience and reconstruction amid all of the destruction in ...