One of the most powerful earthquakes in modern history shook Russia’s remote east coast Wednesday, sending tsunami waves hurtling across the Pacific Ocean and putting nations from Japan to the United ...

An 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula shook the Pacific, but its tsunami fizzled. A geologist explains ...

NASA’s SWOT satellite measured a Kamchatka tsunami in unprecedented detail, helping NOAA fine-tune models and improve early ...

A massive underwater volcano close to the US coast is on the brink of erupting after 2,000 earthquakes were recorded in just ...

Millions of people were evacuated, as minds cast back to the devastating tsunami of Boxing Day 2004 in the Indian Ocean and ...

A Portuguese explorer famously named the Pacific Ocean the "Mar Pacifico" or Peaceful Sea, unaware of the Pacific Ring of ...

The Cascadia Subduction Zone, stretching from Northern California to Vancouver Island, could trigger a catastrophic ...

It was one of the strongest tremors in recorded history, but Wednesday's megathrust earthquake brought less tsunami damage than feared. Here are some factors that may have been at play.

One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded sent a tsunami crashing into a Russian port and smaller waves barreling ...

A powerful earthquake triggered volcanic activity and tsunami alerts in Russia's Kamchatka region, highlighting ongoing seismic threats and regional instability.

Kīlauea has been erupting episodically within the summit caldera since Dec. 23, 2024. Episode 30 of the ongoing eruption ...

The Pacific Ring of Fire, a 40,000-kilometer seismic belt, is a hotspot for earthquakes and volcanoes, driven by tectonic plate subduction. It has triggered historic disasters like the 2011 Japan ...