This was the overarching theme of Mayor Kimo Alameda’s first State of the County Address, which he delivered Tuesday to an ...

A 7.0 magnitude earthquake has caused slight damage in Tonga and brief evacuations before the threat of a tsunami passed.

As a state, we’re kind of thinking about 1946 and the big tsunami where we lost 158 people on the Big Island. So it’s a good time for everybody to refresh their plans, take a ...

April is Tsunami Awareness Month, an opportunity for residents to prepare and protect their properties and create a plan to safeguard loved ones in the event of a tsunami.

The month commemorates the April 1, 1946 tsunami in Hawaii that was generated by a large earthquake in the Aleutian Islands. Preparedness info, evacuation maps and a tsunami education video are ...

Its magnitude has been recalculated after being originally estimated at 8.2. The tsunami reached Hilo, Hawaii, over 5,000 miles away 12.5 hours later. More than 500 people were killed and over two ...

Hours later, a second 6.1 magnitude quake hit in the same area. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii issued an alert following the first quake saying hazardous waves could be possible but ...