Tsunamis and tidal waves are the powerful types of wave on Earth, but very different processes are involved in their formation.

“Seeing the shape of the wave — that’s something we could never do before SWOT,” the findings read. A seismic signal was ...

Tsunami advisory (0.2 to 1 meter): People at sea will be at risk of being caught in fast currents. However, people on land ...

A team of international scientists, including two researchers from The Australian National University (ANU), will soon sail to the Japan Trench to discover more about what causes tsunamis.

Data on a fjord in the country revealed extreme sloshing in the channel, caused by a rockslide felt around the world.

This explosion generated waves that reached 135 feet, destroyed coastal towns and villages along the Sunda Strait in both the islands of Java and Sumatra, killing 36,417 people. Tsunamis caused by ...

The tsunami was the result of melting glacial ice, which caused a landslide that displaced water in a Greenland fjord. The waves it created bounced back and forth across the fjord for nine days. Last ...

Satellite data show the shape of a wave as water sloshed around Dickson Fjord after a rockslide triggered a tsunami. The SWOT ...

A tsunami is a series of waves generated by the sudden movement of the ocean surface, usually because of earthquakes under the sea floor. Tsunamis can also result from underwater landslides ...