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The Pacific Dodged a Monster Tsunami After One of the Biggest Quakes Ever. Here’s Why
An 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula shook the Pacific, but its tsunami fizzled. A geologist explains ...
3 reasons why the Pacific Ocean tsunami fizzled before reaching WA
Waves and strong currents are expected to continue Wednesday for Washington but it appears we've escaped largely unscathed.
See the bizarre life forms scientists discovered more than 30,000 feet under the Pacific Ocean
That’s what an international team of scientists did last summer. Led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the researchers took a manned submersible to the bottom of deep-sea trenches in an area in the ...
‘Flourishing’ ecosystem discovered 30,000 feet below the Pacific Ocean
A team of researchers discovered a “flourishing” ecosystem of clams, tube worms and other creatures over 30,000 feet below ...
Tropical Development continues in the Pacific Ocean
While the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of America are on the quiet, the Pacific Ocean is a different story with a few spots of tropical development. First one is Tropical ...
Maps: Tracking a Tsunami in the Pacific Ocean
Alerts for a potential tsunami were issued for coastlines in North America, Hawaii, Russia and Japan after a powerful ...
Hurricane Iona 'rapidly weakening' in the Pacific Ocean: See tracker
The National Hurricane Center gives the latest update on Hurricane Iona and says it is "rapidly weakening" to the south of ...
Tropical Storm Keli forms and is second cyclone now in central Pacific Ocean
Forecasters say Iona rapidly strengthened into a hurricane in the central Pacific Ocean and is expected to continue trekking ...
What Is the Pacific ‘Ring of Fire’?
Many of the world’s biggest earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis occur along a chain of seismologically active ...
UPDATE: Oregon Coast under tsunami advisory after Pacific Ocean earthquake
A tsunami advisory has been issued for the Oregon Coast for the evening of July 29 by the National Weather Service.
Tropical Storm Gil expected to become a hurricane in the eastern Pacific but won't threaten land
Tropical Storm Gil was expected to become a hurricane in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Friday but wasn't expected to threaten land, forecasters said.
Eerie ‘woman’s voice’ recorded by NASA deep in ocean still a mystery 25 years later
A loud and eery noise named 'Julia' coming from deep in the ocean is still a mystery to scientists, years on from when it was discovered.