An 8.0-magnitude underwater earthquake and towering tsunami waves wreaked havoc on the Somoa Islands earlier today. The number of deaths is increasing, dozens of people are missing and communications are hampered after this devastating storm. The double-whammy caused by both the earthquake and tsunami have left a path of destruction and panic in the Samoa Islands.

The potential for a huge Pacific Ocean tsunami on the West Coast of America may be greater than previously thought, according to a new study of geological evidence along the Gulf of Alaska coast.

May 28th- At 8:25 am a Earthquake struck 130 kilometers(80 miles) North Northeast of Le Ceiba, Honduras,(Carribbean Sea) with a depth of 10 kilometers, and a magnitude on 7.3

A new mathematical formula that could be used to give advance warning of where a tsunami is likely to hit and how destructive it will be has been worked out by scientists at Newcastle University.

A team of scientists from the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has reported a rapid recovery of coral reefs in areas of Indonesia, following the tsunami that devastated coastal regions throughout the Indian Ocean four years ago today.

Indonesian authorities have lifted a tsunami warning that was issued after a strong earthquake struck off the northern region of Sulawesi island. Indonesia earthquake had a magnitude of 7.7, said the country's meteorological agency. VOA news reports about the Indonesia earthquake.

The deadly Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, which claimed more than 200,000 lives, was not the first of its size to hit the region, according to new research by an international research team led by Dr. Karin Monecke, a former post-doctoral geologist at Kent State University.

A quarter-million people were killed when a tsunami inundated Indian Ocean coastlines the day after Christmas in 2004. Now scientists have found evidence that the event was not a first-time occurrence.

A line of massive boulders on the western shore of Tonga may be evidence of the most powerful volcano-triggered tsunami found to date. Up to 9 meters (30 feet) high and weighing up to 1.6 million kilograms (3.5 million pounds), the seven coral boulders are located 100 to 400 meters (300 to 1,300 feet) from the coast.

Rather than building stronger ocean-based structures to withstand tsunamis, it might be easier to simply make the structures disappear.

After completing their simulation component in the German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System (GITEWS), the team for tsunami modelling of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association has presented the currently leading software system for tsunami events with the potential for catastrophe.

Indonesia issued a tsunami warning on Monday after a powerful quake struck off the western coast of Sumatra island.