In 1952, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck Kamchatka Krai, Russia, marking the world’s first recorded magnitude 9 earthquake.

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

Palestine is currently designated by the UN as a “permanent observer state”, a form of non-member state, meaning it cannot vote on decisions made by the UN’s main organs and bodies, such as the ...

“Residents and visitors who evacuated may return home at this time. Please use caution and patience as traffic will likely ...

Tsunami warnings have been issued in several countries after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russia, with ...

Tsunami warnings have been issued in several countries after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russia, with ...

Almost 2 million people in Japan were ordered to higher ground before the warnings were downgraded or rescinded.

An earthquake of magnitude 8.8 - one of the world's strongest-struck Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula early on ...

A major magnitude 8.7 earthquake struck early Wednesday in far eastern Russia. Tsunami alerts have been issued in parts of ...

Over one million people were evacuated from Chile’s coast after a powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia triggered tsunami warnings in multiple countries in the Pacific.

A tsunami has hit coastal areas of Russia’s Kuril Islands and Japan’s large northern island of Hokkaido after an ...