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The Pacific Dodged a Monster Tsunami After One of the Biggest Quakes Ever. Here’s Why
An 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula shook the Pacific, but its tsunami fizzled. A geologist explains ...
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 ...
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 ...
Maps: Tracking a Tsunami in the Pacific Ocean
Alerts for a potential tsunami were issued for coastlines in North America, Hawaii, Russia and Japan after a powerful ...
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 ...
Tsunami warnings fading after one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded. Here’s what to know
Tsunami warnings are being downgraded in most areas following one of this century’s most powerful earthquakes in Russia.
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.
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 ...