One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded struck off the eastern coast of Russia on Wednesday. The 8.8-magnitude tremor occurred near the Kamchatka Peninsula, raising fears of severe damage ...

A massive earthquake that struck off the Japanese coast Saturday evening does not appear to pose a tsunami threat, but it rattled dwellers in Tokyo and others in the Pacific Rim, where seismic ...

The disaster killed 15,900 people, with 2,520 people still listed as missing as of the end of February, according to the ...

A powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula early Wednesday, triggering tsunami warnings for parts of Japan, Alaska and Hawaii, with alerts also issued for the United ...

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Update: The tsunami warning for Hawaii and Japan was lowered to an advisory overnight. Read the latest here. Our earlier story is below. A powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit near Russia's Kamchatka ...

TOKYO (AP) — A tsunami has hit coastal areas of Russia’s Kuril Islands and Japan’s large northern island of Hokkaido after an 8.7-magnitude earthquake early Wednesday. Tsunami warning sirens blared ...

Early Wednesday, the sea rose once again as a powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of eastern Russia, triggering tsunami waves that surged across the Pacific. The waves reached ...

TOKYO: An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 4.9 hit off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday ...