"The height of the tsunami wave reached around 50 centimeters. According to preliminary reports, there have been no victims or damage," the ministry noted. The tsunami threat is persisting ...

Tsunamis are actually a series of waves ... collapsed in 1958 in Alaska and sent a surge of water up the other side clearing trees to an elevation of 1,725 feet (526 meters). A wave, over 100 feet in ...

Tsunami waves ranging in height from 10 to 40 centimeters were also observed Monday morning in Chiba, Kochi, Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures. A Japan Meteorological Agency official speaks at a ...

From the area where the tsunami originates, waves travel outward in all directions. Once the wave approaches the shore, it builds in height. The topography of the coastline and the ocean floor ...