earthquake

They are typically generated when a sudden disturbance, such as an earthquake, underwater landslide, or asteroid impact, rapidly displaces the water above it.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

The shallower the earthquake, the more likely it is to have more severe effects on the surface.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

A magnitude-7.7 earthquake jolted Panama on Friday, setting off panic in the capital city and warnings of dangerous tsunami waves.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake was reported Friday morning before 1 a.m. in Long Beach, according to the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

The first landslides and Spirit Lake Fifteen seconds after the earthquake, the bulge on the north face of Mount St. Helens broke loose and began to slide down the mountain.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

It also follows devastating earthquakes in Colombia and Venezuela earlier this year.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

“You live in Florida, you worry about hurricanes. You live in California, you worry about earthquakes, mudslides,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Nobody knows where the Shakespeare nickname came from, but city officials designated the bridge as L.A.’s Historic-Cultural Monument No. 126 in 1974 and retrofitted it in the 1990s to better withstand earthquakes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Goldfinger has been investigating the possibility of linked earthquakes for decades, and the roots of the new research stretch back to an ocean expedition in 1999.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

They had hoped that more earthquakes, or perhaps a new growth on the bulge, would signal that the big one—the eruption they were all waiting for—was about to happen.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone