When a huge earthquake struck near Kamchatka, the SWOT satellite captured an unprecedented, high-resolution view of the resulting tsunami as it crossed the Pacific. The data revealed the waves were ...

This Collection invites submissions on the latest research in tsunami modelling and risk assessment, including multidisciplinary and integrative studies. We will consider original contributions ...

The 2025 tsunami is shattering old models, thanks to observations from space. On July 29, 2025, the world’s sixth biggest ...

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A satellite captured a Tsunami from space for the first time, revealing why the 2025 Kamchatka earthquake was less destructive than 1952.

A powerful earthquake near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula sent massive waves racing across the Pacific Ocean in late July. What ...

This animation shows the simulated tsunami wave heights generated by the M8.8 earthquake. Around 70 minutes after the earthquake, the path of the SWOT satellite appears, shown in slow motion to ...

Nov. 21, 2025 — Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), the University of Texas at Austin’s (UT) Oden Institute and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of ...

A new era in tsunami observation arrived July 29, 2025, when the NASA-CNES Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite happened to be passing over the Pacific Ocean just as a strong 8.8 ...

Beyond the rare observation itself, the data raised deeper scientific questions. Large tsunamis are traditionally classified ...