(NEXSTAR) – An 8.8 magnitude earthquake – one of the most powerful in recorded history – struck off the coast of Russia Tuesday, prompting tsunami watches and warnings around the globe. But how does ...

Fears of a devastating tsunami across the Pacific were fading after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off ...

It was one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded, a magnitude 8.8 monster off the eastern coast of Russia ... both in 1964 with the Alaska mega-quake and 2011 when the great Japanese quake hit.

Here's what we know about what caused the earthquake off Russia's Far East and why the tsunami it generated weren't as big as ...

With Australia's most significant earthquake disaster occurring more than 35 years ago, many people consider quakes to be quite rare in Australia. But it turns out they're more common than you'd think ...

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 ...

Fears of a devastating tsunami faded for the US and Japan after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off a ...

Today at about 11:30am local time, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula in the country’s far east. Originating at a depth of roughly 20 kilometres ...