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A magnitude 7.6-7.7 earthquake struck near the coast of western Mexico on 19 September 2022. A tsunami about 1.75 m (5.7 ft) high was reported near the epicentre. [212] The tsunami was detected as far away as Ecuador, where tsunami waves as high as 12 cm (4.7 in) were observed. [213] 2023 Greenland 2023 Greenland landslide: Landslide
Hurricane Beryl landing on Texas coast has caused several road closures and delays in the Houston area and beyond.. More than 1 million customers have lost power within hours of Beryl's landfall ...
The National Tsunami Warning Center (NTWC) is one of two tsunami warning centers in the United States, covering all coastal regions of the United States and Canada, except Hawaii, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Until 2013, it was known as the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center.
A 2021 map shows the impact of a tsunami hitting the San Fransisco area - and the devastation it could cause. The map was thrust back into the spotlight Thursday when a 7.0-magnitude earthquake ...
Tropical Storm Beryl is making a slow, ruinous passage out of Houston, where it is flooding highways and knocking out power lines. As of 3 p.m. local time Monday, as the eye of the storm moved ...
[9] [10] The tsunami warning was issued within 3 minutes with the most serious rating on its warning scale during the 2011 TÅhoku earthquake and tsunami; it was rated as a "major tsunami", being at least 3 m (9.8 ft) high. [10] [11] An improved system was unveiled on March 7, 2013, following the 2011 disaster to better assess imminent tsunamis.
Among these areas, West Texas experiences the strongest and most frequent earthquakes, with El Paso featuring the greatest risk from earthquakes among sizable urban areas in Texas. [ 3 ] : 18–19 There are several geologic features in West Texas of interest to seismology, including the Central Basin Platform , the Hueco Bolson , and the ...
Tracking the fires: Texas fires map: Track wildfires as Smokehouse Creek blaze engulfs 500,000 acres Contributing: Ramon Padilla, Karina Zaiets, Javier Zarracina, Julia Gomez, Associated Press ...