A handful of regions around the world regularly unleash terrifyingly large earthquakes. Here are the largest earthquakes on ...

An 8.8 magnitude earthquake – one of the most powerful in recorded history – struck off the coast of Russia Tuesday, ...

A handful of regions around the world regularly unleash terrifyingly large earthquakes. Here are the largest earthquakes on record.

What is the largest earthquake ever recorded? An 8.8 magnitude earthquake — one of the most powerful in recorded history — struck off the coast of Russia Tuesday, prompting tsunami watches and ...

The earthquake remains the most powerful earthquake to strike North America, and the second-largest earthquake ever measured.

What are the biggest earthquakes in history? - Massive Myanmar earthquake causes widespread destruction, with hundreds feared dead ...

The magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on July 29, 2025, is now among the top 10 strongest ever recorded globally.

What are the biggest earthquakes in history? 5. Russia 1952: Magnitude 9.0 A magnitude 9.0 earthquake hit Severo-Kurilsk on the Kamchatka Peninsula in east Russia on November 4, 1952.

Archaeologists have found evidence of the largest known earthquake in human history — a terrifying magnitude-9.5 megaquake that caused a 5,000-mile-long (8,000 kilometers) tsunami and prompted human ...

A powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula early Wednesday, immediately triggering tsunami warnings for Japan and the U.S. The quake, one of the six largest ever ...

A magnitude 8.2 earthquake caused a tsunami that killed more than 5,200 people on Dec. 30, 1703, according to NOAA data. The event occurred off the southwest Boso Peninsula, which is just south of ...