The Tsunami Simulator has been used to re-enact the most devastating waves in recent history, including the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and the 2011 event that ripped through Japan. With the completion ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. — A low rumble broke the silence. Swelling and cresting, large waves slammed into the concrete basin containing them. The powerful waves were quelled when Dr. Daniel Cox signaled the ...

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists have created four high-resolution digital elevation models (DEMs) of Oregon's coastline that simulate deadly tsunamis and floods.

Some 66 million years ago, a 6-mile-wide asteroid crashed into Earth near what today is Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, wiping out much of the planet’s life. The impact left a crater 110 miles wide and 12 ...

A simulation shows the devastating reality of the 2004 tsunami, also known as the Boxing Day tsunami, that claimed 220,000 lives. This year marks 20 years since the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami ...

TEMPO Interactive, Banda Aceh: About 4,000 people in Banda Aceh took part in a tsunami simulation drill at Ulee Lheu, Meuraxa on Sunday (02/11). The drill was aimed to prepare people to be ready to ...

CANNON BEACH, Ore. -- With just a click on the computerized map of Cannon Beach, the numbers start rolling. Seconds fly by, then minutes. More numbers roll over so fast they can barely be read, but ...

Hydraulic engineering specialists have unveiled the latest—and most realistic—generation tsunami simulator. The device, which is installed in HR Wallingford's Fast Flow Facility, is being part-funded ...

A simulation released by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) shows the impact of a 7.5-magnitude earthquake on the Seattle Fault. “Tsunami waves could be as high as 42 feet at ...