Tsunamis don’t look the way we picture them. Most people, if they imagined one coming, would picture a towering wall of dark water. The reality is stranger and, in some ways, more terrifying: a ...

Most tsunamis go unnoticed. Defined as a wave caused by a disturbance like an earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption, tsunamis often reach just a few inches in height, according to NOAA. But when ...

Any large movement of land that causes major displacement of ocean water—from earthquakes, landslides, or volcanic eruptions—can generate a tsunami. Tsunamis generated in Alaska have caused damage and ...

Back in August of 2025, something massive happened in Alaska. Deep in the Tracy Arm, a stunning fjord southeast of Juneau, more than two billion cubic feet of earth collapsed, falling into the ocean ...