Somewhere in the realm of one million years ago, disaster struck Hawaii. The Nu’uanu Slide, as it has come to be known, ripped apart half of modern-day Oahu, sending untold amounts of sediment into ...

FAULTS—Seismic slip on faults generates tsunamis directly by displacing the floors of water bodies. The slip can also generate tsunamis indirectly through shaking that triggers slides; a category of ...

Earthquakes and tsunamis in the news over the past few days are a reminder that we live on a dynamic planet with different hazards and associated response times. While tsunamis generated by large, ...