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Russia’s ‘land of fire and ice’ was largely spared by the nearby earthquake and tsunami
One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded hit Russia’s Far East, flooding a fishing port with waves from a tsunami, ...
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Volcano Watch: Distant versus local earthquakes and tsunami response times in Hawaii
Large distant earthquakes in the past have generated tsunamis that caused significant damage and deaths in Hawaii. In 1946, a ...
Why some underwater earthquakes cause tsunamis—and others, just little ripples
After a massive earthquake off the coast of Kamchatka, a peninsula in the far east of Russia, on July 30, 2025, the world ...
Creatures found living off gas in Pacific Ocean’s deepest trenches
A strange menagerie of creatures living off methane have been found in the darkest depths of the Pacific Ocean. Spiky white ...
‘Most massive evacuation ever’: 1.4 million ordered to higher ground after mega earthquake
Over one million people were evacuated from Chile’s coast after a powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia ...
Pacific tsunami: Modern early warning systems prevent the catastrophic death tolls of the past
The earthquake in Russia's Kamchatka peninsula on July 30, 2025, may have been one of the most severe on record, with a ...
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Why a Giant Quake Didn’t Unleash a Pacific-Wide Tsunami: The Science Revealed
Can a magnitude 8.8 earthquake occur under the Pacific and not trigger a disastrous tsunami? This week’s earthquake drama off ...
Why one of the biggest earthquakes ever recorded caused so little damage
It was one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded, a magnitude 8.8 monster off the eastern coast of Russia. It threatened ...