SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — While Utah is landlocked and deals more with earthquakes than tsunamis, the news of the 8.8 magnitude earthquake off the Russian coast spread quickly. Tsunami alerts were ...

What causes a tsunami, and how could a powerful earthquake like the one off Russia’s coast trigger massive waves? A tsunami is a series of ocean waves caused by a sudden disturbance, usually an ...

Residents of Hawaii are breathing easier but remain cautious after tsunami waves from a powerful undersea earthquake off of Russia’s eastern coast were less severe than originally feared. Though they ...

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A massive earthquake off the coast of Russia caused tsunami waves along the coast of Hawaii and California, shutting down beaches along the west coast. The historic 8.8-magnitude quake is tied for the ...