Japan quake kills at least 13; more trapped in collapsed mall, factory
A major earthquake in Japan's southwest killed at least 13 people and left several injured or missing after a shopping center and a paper mill were heavily damaged.
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A major earthquake in Japan's southwest killed at least 13 people and left several injured or missing after a shopping center and a paper mill were heavily damaged.
A deadly earthquake rocked the southern Philippines, killing dozens of people and sending small tsunami waves toward at least three nations.
A tsunami warning issued for Hawaii after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded, an 8.8 magnitude in Russia's Far East, was canceled after small waves peaked.
Christa Von Hillebrandt International Tsunami Information Center deputy director, discusses conditions that trigger tsunami warnings.
The advisory remained in effect along the coast between Santa Barbara and Humboldt counties, the NWS confirmed at 6:20 a.m.
A tsunami advisory was also issued for parts of Alaska and the entire West Coast after a powerful earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.
A powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck off Japan's southern coast on Thursday.
Waves as high as two feet above tide level were recorded but no damage was reported and the threat passed after a few hours.