A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the waters southeast of Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, followed just hours later by a ...

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A map showing where the epicenter of the magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurred on Sept. 18, 2025. (USGS) A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck off Russia's coast on Thursday, prompting a tsunami risk in the ...

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the southern East Pacific Rise in June 2026, the strongest in a burst of three significant ...

The country's meteorological service issued a Tsunami Warning across the whole island chain and urged people to evacuate to higher ground. The warning was lifted about 2 hours after the quake and ...

NASA’s SWOT satellite captures the first high-resolution tsunami view, revealing complex wave patterns and reshaping how scientists predict tsunami behavior and coastal impact.

Russia’s Far East was hit with a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake on Wednesday morning, hitting the country’s Kamchatka peninsula. The region is adjacent to the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk.

ATLANTA — A powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula late Monday, triggering a tsunami that surged across the Pacific Ocean. Tsunami alerts stretched from Japan to ...

A tsunami warning also was issued for Alaska's western Aleutian Islands, and a tsunami watch was issued for Hawaii. Both were later cancelled, but not before dozens of people soug ...

The earthquake recorded Tuesday off Russia’s far eastern coast was one of the strongest in recorded history. People across the Pacific Ocean braced for potentially devastating tsunami to follow. Some ...