The disaster gave rise to global tsunami warning networks, saving countless lives since, as seen in Japan's 2011 Tohoku event ...
One of the ten largest earthquakes ever recorded just struck Kamchatka, the sparsely populated Russian peninsula facing the Pacific. The magnitude 8.8 quake had its epicenter in the sea just off the ...
Tsunami waves reached parts of Hawaii, Alaska, California, Washington and Oregon on Wednesday, triggered by a powerful earthquake in eastern Russia. A magnitude 8.8 earthquake hit near Russia's ...
Countries across the Pacific rim lifted tsunami warnings on Wednesday, allowing millions of temporary evacuees to return home. After one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded rattled Russia's ...
TOKYO -- One of the world's strongest earthquakes struck Russia's Far East early Wednesday, an 8.8 magnitude temblor that set off a tsunami in the northern Pacific region and prompted warnings for ...