The earthquake appeared to be the strongest anywhere in the world since the March 2011 earthquake off northeast Japan that measured 9.0 magnitude and caused a massive tsunami that set off meltdowns at ...

A Tsunami WARNING has been issued by the NWS Pacific Tsunami Warning Center for the Hawaiian Islands following a massive 8.7 earthquake off the east coast of Kamchatka, Russia.

One of the world’s strongest earthquakes struck Russia’s Far East on Wednesday as an 8.8-magnitude tremor set off a tsunami in the northern Pacific and prompted warnings for Alaska, Hawaii and ...

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 on Wednesday. People were advised to move to higher ...

Hawaii's new tsunami preparedness campaign gains urgency after July's earthquake scare sent thousands fleeing to higher ...

Waves under 30 centimetres above tide levels were observed in the Alaskan communities of Amchitka and Adak, said Dave Snider, tsunami warning co-ordinator with the National Tsunami Warning Centre in ...

The magnitude 8.8 quake is believed to be the joint sixth-largest on record, though only minor injuries near the epicenter ...

For the size of the earthquake off Russia, the tsunami has been rather smaller than expected. To understand why, we can look ...

The Earth’s crust is made of rock that is very hard and brittle at the small scale and near the surface. But over very large ...

President Donald Trump issued a dramatic warning Tuesday night, urging Americans living in Hawaii, Alaska, and along the Pacific Coast to ...