It starts as a tremor deep beneath the ocean. The ground shifts violently. Minutes later, you see a ripple on the horizon that begins to swell. But this is no ordinary wave. It is a wall of water ...

The curious minds at What If explore the terrifying physics and catastrophic reality of attempting to ride a massive, ...

There’s an innate human yearning for greatness – bigger, better, more, more, more. And surfers, amongst the rest of the world, are not immune from this craving. Particularly when it comes to big wave ...

The earthquake off Tonga has resulted in Pacific-wide tsunami warnings, including the whole Australian East Coast and US West Coast. It seems like an extraordinary event, but really, it isn’t.

On July 29, an 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. It prompted tsunami warnings across the Pacific region. Tsunami waves reached Hawaii and the West Coast but evacuation ...