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Why Aren't We Afraid Of A Tsunami Hitting San Francisco?

Science When a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan's eastern coast early Friday morning, we all feared a tsunami. But San Francisco gets earthquakes all the time, and we're not scared of a...

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7.1-Magnitude Earthquake Hit Off The Coast Of Japan

Science A tsunami advisory was issued, but has now been cancelled. A 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Japan earlier today, about 200 miles east of the town of Namie and 6 miles down in...

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Japan Proposes Giant Sea Wall To Fight Tsunamis

Environment Don’t call it the great wall of Japan The 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami wiped out whole neighborhoods along Japan’s north eastern coast. Now, Japan is considering an extraordinary...

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Ancient Volcano Collapse Caused A Tsunami With An 800-Foot Wave

Environment The risk of megatsunamis may be slightly greater than expected—but they’re still extremely rare Some 73,000 years ago, in the Cape Verde islands off the west coast of Africa, a large piece...

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Watch This Machine Create The Largest Human-Made Waves In The World

Science Making waves When a big storm comes, whipping up the surf into a frenzy of waves, people have to hope that all their storm preparations will hold. But what if they knew for certain…

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A New Algorithm Could Help Warn Of Incoming Tsunamis

Science The new system analyzes real-time ocean data to see when the killer waves formed A new algorithm can use real-time data to tell scientists what a tsunami looked like when it first formed in...

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A large earthquake just hit Japan near Fukushima

Environment Waiting for tsunami warning to pass In the early hours of Tuesday morning, a massive earthquake struck Fukushima Prefecture in Japan, near the location of the 2011 earthquake that caused a...

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How to survive a tsunami

Environment We asked experts how to live through one of nature’s most powerful disasters. Most people do not survive being swept into a tsunami. But there are a few ways you can protect yourself from...

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This lonely human skull might belong to an ancient tsunami victim

Environment The 6,000-year-old remains are still rather mysterious. The authors think that it is possible that this person might be the earliest known tsunami victim, though proving cause of death is...

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Alaska's giant earthquake didn't have the moves to cause a large tsunami

Science The motion of the ocean(ic crust). It started in the early hours of the morning, 31 minutes after midnight in Alaska.

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