An extremely powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck Kamchatka Krai, Russia early Wednesday, leading to tsunami waves that reached parts of Japan, Hawaii and the United States’ West Coast. The quake ...
The disaster killed 15,900 people, with 2,520 people still listed as missing as of the end of February, according to the ...
As the world's tectonic plates crash, grind and dive into one another, they release their pent-up energy in giant earthquakes that can rock the ground, trigger volcanic eruptions, move mountains and ...