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The largest tsunami to hit the US was in 1958, striking Lituya Bay, Alaska — a sparsely populate area — which was triggered by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that caused a massive landslide into the bay, ...
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake was reported in Russia on Sunday (August 3), according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake was centered near Severo-Kuril'sk at a depth of 35.0 kilometers ...
Russia's Krasheninnikov volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula erupted for the first time in centuries, possibly triggered by an 8.8-magnitude earthquake, causing ash plumes and brief tsunami warnings.
Local seismographs registered the energy associated with the shockwave from one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded.
A volcano on Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula erupted overnight into Sunday for what scientists said is the first time in hundreds of years, days after a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake.
Large distant earthquakes in the past have generated tsunamis that caused significant damage and deaths in Hawaii. In 1946, a ...
This is the first historically confirmed eruption of Krasheninnikov Volcano in 600 years,” RIA cited Olga Girina, head of the ...
Russian agencies have warned a new powerful earthquake near the Pacific's Kuril Islands could trigger a tsunami wave up to 19 ...
The quake comes days after an 8.8-magnitude tremor in the region triggered tsunami alerts across Asia and the Pacific ...
One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia’s Far East, sending tsunami waves into Japan, Hawaii and the U.S ...
HONOLULU (Island News) -- There is no tsunami threat for Hawaii after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake was reported in the Kuril Islands. The earthquake hit Russia's Kuril Islands at 7:37 p.m. HST on Aug. 2 ...
A tsunami has sent waves into Russia, Japan, Hawaii and the West Coast of the United States after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake ...