Tsunamis have killed more people in Hawaii than any other form of natural disaster, yet basic tsunami education — from signs of an approaching one to what to do when it comes — is severely ...

Hawaii was placed under a tsunami watch on Saturday after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck off the coast of Russia, officials said.“A Tsunami Watch means a tsunami is possible, but the ...

The watch was issued at 9:03 p.m. after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, but canceled after there was no threat to Hawaii.

The deadliest tsunami to hit Hawaii in modern history was on April 1, 1946, when a magnitude 8.6 earthquake in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska triggered a tsunami with waves reaching heights of 55 ...