Hesitation can be deadly. The 2011 magnitude-9.1 earthquake that struck near Japan spawned a tsunami that rose as high as 45 feet and reached the coast within just 30 minutes.

Read more: The California tsunami danger is real. The 7.0 earthquake is wake-up call to prepare California is home to a number of communities where evacuating quickly could be immensely challenging.

California tsunami: Here’s where damage and casualties could be the worst A 2019 walking tour in Crescent City, Calif., shared facts about the destructive 1964 tsunami that wiped out homes and ...

A massive, 66-foot concrete dock mysteriously washed up on the Oregon shore this week. And officials are trying to figure out if the floating structure had traveled all the way from Japan after ...

After the devastating 2011 tsunami, Japan took an extraordinary step to protect its people by constructing a massive 400-kilometer concrete wall along its northeastern coastline. Known as the ...

Many believe the original version of her comic – with a cover warning of a “massive disaster in March 2011” – predicted the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan 14 years ...

Video of the natural disaster that left nearly 20,000m people dead. March 9, 2012— -- intro: It was Friday, March 11, 2011 when a 9.0 magnitude earthquake rattled off the coast of Japan. The ...