One of the most powerful earthquakes in history triggered a tsunami that made landfall in Russia, Japan and the US.

But the danger appeared to be waning in some places, with the US state of Hawaii and Japan downgrading their warnings.

An 8.8-magnitude earthquake, one of the largest in the past century, struck off the coast of Russia this week, prompting ...

The world has witnessed several catastrophic earthquakes, with the 1960 Valdivia, Chile quake topping the list at magnitude 9 ...

At 1:24 p.m. July 29, a magnitude-8.8 earthquake struck the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. A tsunami warning was issued at 2:43 p.m. for Hawai‘i, and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a forecast ...

Taiwanese actress Alyssa Chia has recounted the frightening moment she and her three daughters were forced to flee during a ...

Hurricane Gil was classified as a storm but it has been upgraded - and, as it has now formed in the eastern Pacific, ...

A powerful quake off Russia's coast may have set off a chain reaction across the Ring of Fire, raising the risk of an ...

One of the world’s strongest earthquakes struck Russia’s Far East early Wednesday, causing a tsunami in the northern Pacific ...