Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), the top Democrat on the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, is demanding answers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) after ...
It was just before midnight when the tsunami that started with an earthquake in Alaska’s Prince William Sound reached Washington state. The year was 1964. At La Push, a 7-foot wave knocked boats and a ...
SEATTLE — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ended a contract with the Alaska Earthquake Center that helped maintain some seismic stations and transmit data in real time. Alaska state ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A magnitude 7.6 earthquake rocked Northern Japan early Monday and triggered a tsunami warning along its coast, but the Pacific Northwest shouldn’t be concerned. According to ...