It seems that for the size of the earthquake, the tsunami has been rather small. To understand why, we can look to geology.

Just ten minutes after the earthquake, the Pacific Tsunami Warning System, coordinated by UNESCO, issued an initial warning ...

The magnitude 8.8 quake is believed to be the joint sixth-largest on record, though only minor injuries near the epicenter ...

An 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula shook the Pacific, but its tsunami fizzled. A geologist explains ...

Officials from Japan to California issued warnings after an 8.8-magnitude quake off Russia’s coast. Hours later, there were ...

Vast stretches of Japan's Pacific coast were hit by tsunami waves that at one location exceeded 1 meter on Wednesday, after a ...

The earthquake near the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia on July 30 generated tsunami waves that have reached ...

The earthquake appeared to be the strongest anywhere in the world since the March 2011 earthquake off northeast Japan that ...

An 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula triggered tsunami warnings and alerts across the Pacific. In ...

Waves and strong currents are expected to continue Wednesday for Washington but it appears we've escaped largely unscathed.

A violent 8.8 magnitude earthquake has ripped through Russia’s Far East, sending massive tsunami waves racing across the ...

One of the world's strongest earthquakes struck Russia's Far East on Wednesday. The 8.8-magnitude tremor set off a tsunami in ...