• Why Is It So Hard to Predict If a Tsunami is Going to Strike?

    Why Is It So Hard to Predict If a Tsunami is Going to Strike?

    If you live anywhere on the west coast of North America, you probably woke up to quite a surprise on Tuesday.  Early in the morning, NOAA’s National Tsunami Warning Center issued tsunami warnings for the south coast of Alaska and north coast of British Columbia.  This came after a powerful magnitude 7.9 earthquake rocked the Gulf…