The tsunami warning for the entire state of Hawaii has been downgraded to a tsunami advisory while parts of Japan has had its ...

When the magnitude of the earthquake off Tohoku, Japan, was calculated to be 9.0, it joined the ranks of "megathrust" earthquakes -- exceptionally large ruptures involving 5 to 10 meters of slip ...

Two million people are told to evacuate in Japan after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake, one of the strongest ever, hits Russia's ...

The sixth most powerful earthquake on record triggered widespread evacuation orders across multiple countries including the ...

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

Millions of people were evacuated, as minds cast back to the devastating tsunami of Boxing Day 2004 in the Indian Ocean and Japan 2011, both triggered by similarly large earthquakes. But today's ...

Russia’s magnitude 8.8 earthquake spawned serious tsunami warnings, but waves have been moderate so far. Here’s the ...

The earthquake appeared to be the strongest recorded since the magnitude 9.0 earthquake off northeastern Japan in March 2011 ...