Tsunamis and tidal waves have a lot in common. Both are powerful ocean surges that can cause death and destruction. While that remains true, tsunamis and tidal waves differ in major ways ...

In 2004, a 9.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra in Indonesia, triggering a tsunami and series of tidal waves that became one of worst natural disasters in recorded history. Heat suspend ...

Tsunamis are often referred to as "tidal waves" because when approaching land, they look like a tide which suddenly rushes away and crashes back in a form of a huge wave. But tsunamis - the ...

Turns out, that tidal wave was actually a tsunami, launched by a powerful magnitude-7.4 earthquake that struck at about 4:30 a.m. ET near the northern tip of the Bermuda Triangle, a new study finds.

Tsunamis (pronounced soo-ná-mees), also known as seismic sea waves (mistakenly called "tidal waves"), are a series of enormous waves created by an underwater disturbance such as an earthquake ...

The pristine Balinese beaches of the tropical paradise on Australia's doorstep have been swamped by the worst tidal wave of trash the island has ever seen. An epidemic of tourism overdevelopment ...

The effects of the sea bed earthquake and following tsunami that devastated southeastern ... 30 centimeters compared to the normal forecasted tidal influx and recess. We haven't seen a similar ...

He rides what is known as a tidal bore: a surge caused by tidal changes – in this case in the Bristol estuary – that creates a wave large enough to surf. An enthusiastic and close-knit ...

The moon causes a tidal bore that reverses the flow of the river and slows the earth’s spin each day These Brazilians are about to surf in a very unlikely place: the Amazon River. During full ...