Oregon scientists are leading the world in tsunami research, helping communities better understand and prepare for one of the ...

Scientists say it’s not a matter of if, but when a major earthquake and tsunami will strike the Oregon Coast — and when it does, Central Oregon will also feel the impacts. “It has the potential to ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The National Weather Service removed its Tsunami Advisory for the Oregon Coast on Wednesday morning — finally giving coastal residents a chance to breathe after an 8.8 ...

Oregon state Rep. Paul Evans, D-Monmouth, has been introducing legislation to modernize the state’s emergency preparedness and response processes for years. He called the state’s tsunami warnings last ...

During a Monday hearing of the House Interim Committee On Emergency Management and Veterans, Reps. David Gomberg and Paul Evans said Oregon’s lack of preparedness showed during July’s tsunami advisory ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Tsunami Advisory was removed for the Oregon and Washington coasts Wednesday morning after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russia Tuesday night. Just after ...

Eight years ago, Erik Thorsen — CEO of Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria, Ore. — received a warning that no hospital ...

A magnitude 8.8 earthquake near Russia triggered a tsunami advisory along the entire Oregon Coast. Small tsunami waves reached Oregon, but the impact was minimal with no reported damage or injuries.

Amelia Templeton / OPB The tsunami advisory along the Oregon and Washington coasts was lifted Wednesday morning, following a quake off the coast of Russia Tuesday. But the alert spurred plenty of ...

A magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula brought tsunami waves to Hawaii and the West Coast and triggered alerts across the Pacific on July 29. Tsunami warnings and advisories are ...