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People take shelter on the roof of a fire station in Mukawa town, Hokkaido, northern Japan, July 30, 2025, after a powerful earthquake in Russia's Far East prompted tsunami alert in parts of Japan. (Kyodo News via AP)
July 30, 2025, 7:46 pm
Tsunamis lap at Japan, Hawaii and California after huge quake off Russia’s Far East
8.8-magnitude seismic event triggers warnings across Pacific, with millions told to seek high ground; several injured, though none severely; no major damage initially reported
By Mari Yamaguchi
People take shelter on the roof of a fire station in Mukawa town, Hokkaido, northern Japan Wednesday, July 30, 2025, after a powerful earthquake in Russia's Far East prompted tsunami alert in parts of Japan. (Kyodo News via AP)
July 30, 2025, 7:36 am
8.8-magnitude quake causes tsunami in Russia, Japan; warnings issued across Pacific
Earthquake is among largest ever recorded, with epicenter in Russia’s far east, triggering warnings as far as Alaska, Hawaii; tallest initial tsunami is 50 cm in north Japan
By Mari Yamaguchi
A tourist approaches blue-domed Orthodox churches in the town of Oia on the earthquake-struck island of Santorini, Greece, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
February 6, 2025, 10:05 pm
Amid Santorini earthquakes, National Security Council orders preparation for tsunami
Ministries, emergency bodies, told to get ready for low likelihood of tsunami caused by major quake on Santorini; Israel would have up to 2 hours to prepare in event of disaster
By Sue Surkes
The opening of a new exhibit at Haifa's Tikotin Museum on December 31, 2024 (Courtesy Keren Avni)
January 9, 2025, 1:33 pm
With Hezbollah rockets halted, Haifa’s cultural scene experiences post-ceasefire boom
Long-delayed Haifa Film Festival finally marks 40th year, as Tikotin Museum celebrates iconic Japanese wave print and Haifa City Museum waxes nostalgic about Israel’s homegrown car
By Jessica Steinberg
People watch the waves come in after an earthquake was felt widely across Northern California at Ocean Beach in San Francisco, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)
December 6, 2024, 4:26 am
Large quake hits off northern California; Tsunami warning issued, then canceled
US Geological Survey says 7.0-magnitude quake recorded at a depth of just 10 km; millions of residents had been urged to flee for higher ground
By Agencies
Illustrative: People pass a TV showing breaking news on a tsunami in Japan's Okinawa region and an earthquake in Taiwan, April 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
August 8, 2024, 1:16 pm
Two powerful earthquakes shake Japan’s southern coast; tsunami warning issued
No immediate reports of damage following 6.9-magnitude quake and 7.1 tremor a minute later, 8 months after major New Year’s earthquake; 2011 nuclear disaster still haunts country
By AFP
People watch a television news screen showing a picture of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un witnessing the recent test-firing of a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), at a railway station in Seoul on March 17, 2023. (Jung Yeon-je/AFP)
March 24, 2023, 10:41 pm
North Korea claims to test underwater nuke drone that causes ‘radioactive tsunami’
Analysts say Pyongyang’s claim of new weapons system isn’t the same as a credible demonstration of capability, could be ‘an attempt at deception’
By KANG Jin-kyu and Claire Lee
IsraAid CEO Yotam Polizer aids a Syrian refugee in Lesbos, Greece, in 2015 (courtesy of IsraAid)
January 25, 2023, 7:42 pm
Activist who took Israeli disaster aid global wins humanitarian prize
Yotam Polizer heads IsraAid, NGO with 320 staff that provides help at disasters worldwide, will receive prestigious Charles Bronfman Prize
By Nathan Jeffay
Satellite image taken by Himawari-8, a Japanese weather satellite operated by Japan Meteorological Agency and released by National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), shows an undersea volcano eruption at the Pacific nation of Tonga Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. (NICT via AP)
January 16, 2022, 1:49 pm
Pacific tsunami threat lifted after massive volcano eruption; Tonga damage unclear
Spectacular eruption, which created massive sonic boom heard as far as Alaska, cut off internet in the island nation, which saw large waves; no official reports of injuries, deaths
By Nick Perry
People stretch next to a tsunami hazard zone sign in El Segundo, California, on January 15, 2022. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP)
January 15, 2022, 11:59 pm
US West Coast under tsunami advisory after volcano erupts in Pacific
No immediate reports on injuries or extent of damage in Pacific nation of Tonga, near eruption site, as all internet connectivity lost
By Nick Perry
In this satellite image taken by Himawari-8, a Japanese weather satellite, and released by the agency, shows an undersea volcano eruption at the Pacific nation of Tonga, Jan. 15, 2022 (Japan Meteorology Agency via AP)
January 15, 2022, 11:03 am
Large waves hit Tonga after tsunami warning following huge undersea volcano eruption
Video posted to social media shows waves crashing ashore in coastal areas after Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupts
By Nick Perry
People wait outside after evacuating a government building following an earthquake in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, December 14, 2021 (AP Photo/Daeng Mansur)
December 14, 2021, 8:51 am
Indonesia lifts tsunami alert after powerful 7.3 magnitude undersea quake
No injuries or damage reported; people on island of Flores were told to flee to higher ground but later allowed to return
By Edna Tarigan
Screen capture from video of a digital model constructed by researchers to show a huge tsunami they say likely hit Israel's Mediterranean cost thousands of years ago. (YouTube)
December 24, 2020, 7:08 pm
Tsunami swept Israel coast 10,000 years ago, may have erased signs of human life
Researchers estimate wave was 50-130 feet high and reached 1.5-3.5 kilometers inland, possibly explaining absence of signs of human habitation in area south of Haifa
By Stuart Winer
The moon rises over the coast of Alaska as the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica sails along the international date line through the Bering Strait, July 14, 2017. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
July 22, 2020, 12:41 pm
Tsunami warning issued as 7.8-magnitude quake hits off Alaska
Residents of Alaskan peninsula scramble to higher ground, but experts say they don’t expect massive wave to hit
By AFP
The Anak (Child) Krakatoa volcano erupting, as seen from a ship on the Sunda Straits, on December 26, 2018 (STR / AFP)
December 27, 2018, 8:55 am
Indonesia hikes danger level for deadly tsunami volcano
Authorities widen no-go zone around rumbling Anak Krakatoa and warn shell-shocked residents to stay away from the coast
By Dessy SAGITA and Kiki Siregar
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