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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, ...
Visualizing the Russia earthquake and tsunami in maps and charts
An 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s eastern coast on late Wednesday morning, local time. The quake triggered ...
Fact Check: Video of shelves falling shows Myanmar earthquake, not Russia
A video showing shelves collapsing in a store during an earthquake in Myanmar in March has been miscaptioned online as ...
Sea lions jump into the sea to escape earthquake in Russia’s Kuril islands
Participants of a sea tour along Russia's Kuril islands filmed Steller sea lions running away from an 8.8 magnitude ...
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 ...
Did Russia’s Kamchatka earthquake cause damage to nuclear submarine base?
The massive earthquake in Russia’s Kamchatka region caused panic across the world. However, there are concerns that the earthquake may have damaged a Russian naval base and the nuclear submarines it ...
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 ...
Russian earthquake possibly sent ripples all the way to Lake Pontchartrain
Water level data from Lake Pontchartrain’s New Canal gauge showed small, rhythmic oscillations after the quake, called a ...