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Russian authorities on Kamchatka peninsula and Kuril islands cancel a tsunami warning
One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia’s Far East early Wednesday, sending tsunami waves into Japan and ...
Powerful quake hits near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula; tsunami warning issued for Hawaii and parts of Alaska
Japan’s meteorological agency issued a tsunami alert for the Pacific coast, upgrading an earlier advisory stemming from the ...
Tsunami threat lifted in Russia's Kamchatka after powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake
After powerful earth tremors in the Pacific Ocean, residents of several settlements in Kamchatka had been advised to climb to ...
Where is Kamchatka? Russian peninsula rocked by 8.8 magnitude earthquake, causes tsunami in US, Japan
Kamchatka is a 1,250-kilometre-long peninsula located in the Far East of Russia. The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk ...
Japan issues tsunami alert following powerful quake near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula
A magnitude-8.7 earthquake in Russia's Far East early Wednesday prompted tsunami warnings in parts of Japan, Alaska and ...
The Soviet Union’s secret tsunami
One of the largest earthquakes on record struck far eastern Russia this week. The last time the region was hit by a such a ...
Minimal U.S. effects from tsunami don't mean the forecast was inaccurate
When tsunami waves arrived, they didn’t cause devastation or deaths in the U.S. That doesn’t mean they didn’t pose a risk, ...
Japan lifts tsunami warnings as some Pacific islands begin evacuations after massive earthquake
A massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake, one of the most powerful ever recorded, struck Russia's Far East early on Wednesday, ...