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

From the devastating Sumatran quake and tsunami of 2004 to a monstrous temblor in Siberia that, thankfully, killed no one, here are the 20 largest earthquakes ever recorded, according to the U.S.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was centered about 75 miles east-southeast of the Russian city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia's Far East early Wednesday, sending tsunami waves into Japan and ...

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

Here's a glance at some of the biggest recorded earthquakes as of June 5 ... Indonesia alone recorded more than 167,000 deaths as entire communities were wiped out. 4. Tohoku, Japan A magnitude 9.1 ...

A tsunami advisory was also issued for parts of Alaska and the entire West Coast after a powerful earthquake off Russia's ...

Japan Earthquakes Tsunami A computer model for the tsunami created by an 8.9-magnitude earthquake that struck 80 miles east of Honshu, Japan on March 11, 2011. Credit: NOAA/PMEL/Center for Tsunami ...

PASADENA, Calif. - The massive earthquake that struck off the coast of Japan Friday ranks as the fifth largest in the world since 1900, scientists said. The magnitude-8.9 "megathrust" quake is ...

Aboard the Chikyu — the world’s largest scientific drilling ship — 60 scientists teamed up with experienced drillers to ...

A handful of regions around the world regularly unleash terrifyingly large earthquakes. Here are the 21 largest earthquakes on record.

Though Friday's earthquake was the largest in Japanese history, it struck far from where experts had predicted the "big one," experts say.