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Tsunami risk appears to pass for U.S. after massive Russian earthquake; South American countries issue new warnings

A tsunami warning issued for Hawaii after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded, an 8.8 magnitude in Russia's Far ...

What are the biggest tsunamis ever? How July 29 earthquake, tsunami compares.

A magnitude 8.2 earthquake caused a tsunami that killed more than 5,200 people on Dec. 30, 1703, according to NOAA data. The ...

Why Did Such a Powerful Earthquake Produce Such a Weak Tsunami?

The quake in Russia on Wednesday was among the strongest ever recorded — but in many places, the resulting wave was small.

A huge earthquake sent tsunami waves hurtling across the Pacific – but little damage was reported. Here’s what we know

One of the most powerful earthquakes in modern history shook Russia’s remote east coast Wednesday, sending tsunami waves ...

Video shows Russian surgeons protecting patient mid-earthquake

Surveillance footage captured the moment that Russian surgeons protected a patient they were operating on as an 8.8 magnitude ...

Wednesday’s Earthquake Could Be One of the Largest on Record

It is the most powerful quake since the 2011 earthquake off the coast of Japan that triggered a 50-foot tsunami and the ...

Russia earthquake rattled a Death Valley cavern with rare fish 4,000 miles away

A Death Valley National Park cavern filled with rare and endangered fish rattled when an 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit off ...

See the global impact of the sixth-largest earthquake ever

An 8.8 magnitude earthquake near Russia’s coast triggered tsunami alerts in Japan, Alaska, Hawaii and along the US West Coast ...