When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. SAN FRANCISCO – Dozens of people stood atop a string of dunes overlooking the Pacific ...

Earthquake and tsunami warning systems both monitor the same thing: seismic waves. Seismic data takes the Earth's pulse directly, so when the earth ...

A tsunami warning was issued for parts of coastal Alaska after an earthquake in the Gulf of Alaska, according to the U.S. Tsunami Warning System. The National Tsunami Warning Center said that a ...

LONDON (AlertNet) - In 2004 a tsunami in the Indian Ocean killed almost 230,000 people. Here is an overview of steps that have been taken since to establish an early warning system.

The world’s only earthquake warning system likely helped limit damage and loss of life. ... The graphic above shows how the Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami (DART) tsunami buoys work.

How scientists think the tsunami warning system could be revised Last week's earthquake off the coast of Humboldt County triggered a tsunami warning urging ... Bill Clerico works in downtown San ...

NOAA's tsunami warning system March 2, 2010 Jane Lubchenco, a marine ecologist and environmental scientist, became the ninth administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration a ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Dozens of people stood atop a string of dunes overlooking the Pacific Ocean here this morning (March 11), watching for larger-than-average waves spawned by the huge 8.9-magnitude ...

VENTON: What would be great is something that could alert only those in tsunami hazard zones, says Dave Snider from NOAA's National Tsunami Warning Center in Alaska. They send out alerts for the ...

When Tsunami Warning System Works, And When It Doesn't. SAN FRANCISCO – Dozens of people stood atop a string of dunes overlooking the Pacific Ocean here this morning (March 11), ...