The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu had warned of a “destructive tsunami” within 300 kilometres (186 miles) of the epicentre.

An 8.8-magnitude earthquake — one of the most powerful ever recorded — struck off the coast of eastern Russia late Tuesday, causing intense shaking for minutes, rattling windows and damaging infrastructure nearby. In the following hours, people in ...

The earthquake near the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia on July 30, 2025, generated tsunami waves that have reached Hawaii and coastal areas of the U.S. mainland. The earthquake’s magnitude of 8.8 is significant, potentially making it one ...

Like many of you, I was rudely jarred by the blare of my cell phone announcing a tsunami WARNING last Tuesday evening. The alert was in response to a magnitude 8.8 earthquake that had occurred roughly four hours earlier 3,500 miles away off the coast of ...

No, this wasn’t a scene from a Hollywood disaster film. It was real. On the night of July 9, 1958, along the Fairweather Fault in the Alaska Panhandle, nature unleashed the largest tsunami ever recorded after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake triggered a ...

HONOLULU (AP) — One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded sent a tsunami crashing into a Russian port and smaller waves barreling across the Pacific to the Americas and south to New Zealand. The danger had largely passed more than a day after ...

The USGS said on its website following the quake in July: "Following the M8.8 Russian Kamchatka Peninsula Earthquake, the USGS has released new aftershock forecasts that detail the likelihood and magnitude of future earthquakes expected in the region.