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Chile raises its tsunami warning to highest level for most of Pacific coast
Tsunami waves hit Japan, Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast on Wednesday after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia's ...
Fact Check Team: Earthquake of Russia's coast spares US from feared tsunami impact
An 8.8-magnitude earthquake, one of the largest in the past century, struck off the coast of Russia this week, prompting ...
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Tsunami Warnings Issued after Magnitude 8.8 Earthquake Strikes off Russian Coast
Tsunami warnings and advisories were issued around the Pacific Ocean after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of ...
UPDATE: Oregon Coast tsunami advisory canceled after Pacific Ocean earthquake
A tsunami advisory has been issued for the Oregon Coast for the evening of July 29 by the National Weather Service.
Why some underwater earthquakes cause tsunamis—and others, just little ripples
After a massive earthquake off the coast of Kamchatka, a peninsula in the far east of Russia, on July 30, 2025, the world ...
Aftershocks From 8.8-Magnitude Quake Rattle North Pacific
Dozens of small earthquakes were recorded, most off the coast of Russia’s Far East. Five of them have been above magnitude 6.
Creatures found living off gas in Pacific Ocean’s deepest trenches
A strange menagerie of creatures living off methane have been found in the darkest depths of the Pacific Ocean. Spiky white ...
Pacific tsunami: Modern early warning systems prevent the catastrophic death tolls of the past
The earthquake in Russia's Kamchatka peninsula on July 30, 2025, may have been one of the most severe on record, with a ...
Why Did Such a Powerful Earthquake Produce Such a Weak Tsunami?
Early Wednesday morning, a powerful earthquake, one of the largest ever recorded, struck off the coast of the Kamchatka ...