Tsunami warning issued after magnitude-8.2 earthquake hit off Alaska ...

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.

But the danger appeared to be waning in some places, with the US state of Hawaii and Japan downgrading their warnings.

By The Associated Press A tsunami sent powerful waves toward coastal areas of Russia’s Kuril Islands, Japan and Hawaii and Alaska after a powerful, 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the ...

Among the articles printed in The New Yorker’s centenary issues is a particularly thought-provoking one: Kathryn Schultz’s “The Really Big One” from the Jul ...