that an earthquake felt on land can warn of a tsunami, as can a rapid rise or fall of coastal waters. After the 1960 wave, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center was linked to an international data ...

The tsunami wave from an earthquake of this size could get to 90 or 100 feet tall, Melgar said. When the tsunami wave arrives at the shore "you get this massive surge that lasts for hours ...

The 2004 wave, Dr. Titov said, revealed that the world’s tsunami warning system, started in 1965 to monitor threats in the Pacific Ocean, needed a critical upgrade. The first step was to get ...

An earthquake followed by a landslide in 1958 in Alaska’s Lituya Bay generated a wave 100 feet high, the tallest tsunami ever documented. When the wave ran ashore, it snapped trees 1,700 feet ...