The whole point of a tsunami warning system is to get people out of harm’s way before tsunami surges reach them. There are two big pieces to the evacuation problem: under-evacuation and

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A colossal 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck near the Kamchatka Peninsula, in the Far East Coast of Russia, Tuesday afternoon, prompting temporary tsunami alerts for the entire West Coast, including areas of San Diego County.

A massive earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula in late July triggered a tsunami that rippled across the Pacific — and NASA's experimental detection system tracked the event in real-time by monitoring the atmosphere above.