Powerful earthquake hits off Japan, triggering tsunami on northern coast
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said the government set up an emergency task force to urgently assess the extent of damage.
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Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said the government set up an emergency task force to urgently assess the extent of damage.
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.
The National Weather Service says tsunami advisories are now lifted for most of the Northern California coast as of late Wednesday morning after the massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake sent waves across the Pacific.
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.
The California Geological Survey has released updated tsunami hazard maps for seven counties to help users determine whether they are in areas at risk for inundation and for planning.
Frequent earthquakes across Northern California over the last several weeks have sparked questions about the natural disasters ahead.
Divers swimming in the cold, murky waters of Monterey Bay, California, say they've spotted a barred knifejaw fish that's native to Japan, Korea and China.
Beachgoers along California's Central and Southern coasts are being warned about dangerous swimming conditions.
The U.S. Geological Survey reports a 4.6-magnitude earthquake has struck Hawaii's Big Island.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued the advisory Wednesday night for an area stretching from the southern end of Orange County to Ragged Point about 50 miles northwest of San Luis Obispo.
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside created a computer model showing several southern California cities could be inundated by a tsunami triggered by a magnitude 7 or greater earthquake.
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U.S. officials say there is no threat of a tsunami to the coasts of California, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii or Alaska after a magnitude-7.6 earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean near the Solomon Islands.
If a monster earthquake struck off Alaska's coast, tsunami waves would rush toward California, swamping the nation's largest port complex and causing major economic damage.
Federal officials say a fishing boat that washed ashore in Northern California is the first debris to reach the state that's been confirmed as having come from the Japanese tsunami.
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Tsunami cleanup operations are winding down at Crescent City after crews raised the last sunken over the weekend.
Santa Cruz Harbor is open again to boat traffic.
A California official estimates that statewide damage from last week's tsunami exceeds $40 million.
Fishermen who had escaped to sea before the tsunami hit this struggling coastal town landed small loads of crab on Saturday, while crews surveyed damage and a family combed the beach for any sign of a man who was swept away a day ago as he photographed the waves.
First thing Friday morning, UOP administrators started tracking down students studying in Japan, and so far, the school is still searching for two students.
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Gov. Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency in four California counties struck by tsunami waves generated by the massive earthquake that hit Japan.
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