HONOLULU — Fears of a devastating tsunami faded Wednesday for the U.S. and Japan after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off a sparsely populated Russian peninsula, but new alerts ...
An 8.8-magnitude earthquake — one of the most powerful ever recorded — struck off the coast of eastern Russia late Tuesday, causing intense shaking for minutes, rattling windows and damaging ...
A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast of Russia triggered a brief tsunami advisory that was later canceled for some coastal areas of Alaska's Aleutian Islands Thursday. The ...
A massive tsunami generated just offshore could turn large stretches of the U.S. Pacific coastline into a disaster zone ...
Tsunamis are among the most violent and fast moving natural disasters on Earth. Triggered by underwater earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or landslides, these towering waves can move as fast as a jet ...
(Reuters) - Japan's biggest earthquake since records began 140 years ago hit its northeast coast on Friday, causing a 10-metre tsunami that swept away all in its path. The 8.9 magnitude quake caused ...