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 ...

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 ...

a prevention plan has been launched by UNESCO in France where Cannes is making serious preparations for a possible tidal wave. Despite being confirmed as "tsunami ready" last year by the United ...

Tsunami experts theorize that shock waves produced after a massive underwater volcanic eruption near Tonga on Jan. 15 caused the higher tidal levels seen along Japan's Pacific coastline.

Scientists provide real-life examples of global tsunamis and supervolcanic eruptions that could devastate Earth, inspired by Hulu’s show “Paradise.” ...

Shock waves triggered by ... changes in tidal levels. The tidal changes occurred three to four hours earlier than the expected arrival time of a typical tsunami generated by an offshore earthquake.

Israel’s first tsunami wave simulation, named ''Blue Tidal Wave''. April 4, 2016. (credit: CORINNA KERN/FLASH90) Tsunamis are a series of very long waves, typically caused by an earthquake.

Actually the tsunami ... received waves similar to those of a tide but in intervals of forty minutes. The actual variation reached 30 centimeters compared to the normal forecasted tidal influx ...

To the south, Tuscany president Enrico Rossi tweeted a warning of a “flood wave” on the Arno and said boards were being installed on the swollen river's banks in Pisa “as a precautionary ...