A few weeks ago, NOAA announced the cancellation of a contract with the Alaska Earthquake Center to operate nine seismic ...

America's early warning system for devastating natural disasters is about to go dark, leaving millions of people without ...

Within minutes, tsunami sirens blared and 2,700 residents evacuated to higher ground. Waves up to 5 meters high inundated the port and fish factory, but no lives were lost. The town's survival ...

If a tsunami early-warning system safeguarded Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, would its funding be cut? Answers to hypothetical questions usually stay in the realm of imagination. What we do ...

Tsunami warnings that could affect the Washington coast may now take longer to reach the public. Alaska State Seismologist ...

NOAA did not renew a contract that supported a handful of seismic stations in Alaska. This could hamper tsunami warnings for ...

Scientists working to enhance early warning systems for tsunamis originating from Sumatra-Andaman subduction zone, aiming to reduce the warning time to less than five minutes.

After NOAA cut funding to the lab that’s been monitoring seismic activity for more than 25 years, nine stations tracking ...

Tsunamis are notoriously difficult to spot on the open ocean as they race towards shore. But in the summer of 2025, ...

Funding and staffing cuts are shuttering the monitoring stations that sustain this life-saving early warning system.

NOAA’s $300,000 funding cut will close nine tsunami warning stations in Alaska, raising concerns about slower alerts and ...

Multiple earthquakes struck off the coast of Alaska Monday, according to a map from the United States Geological Survey ( ...