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Tsunami alerts lifted after huge earthquake prompts evacuations across Pacific

Alerts were issued across the Pacific following the 8.8 magnitude quake in Russia's Far East, but no deaths were reported.

130 foot waves. A nuclear disaster. Comparing Japan's 2011 tsunami to today's

The earthquake was powerful. One of the strongest ever recorded. Unlike 2011's Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, there ...

Why Did Such a Powerful Earthquake Produce Such a Weak Tsunami?

The quake in Russia on Wednesday was among the strongest ever recorded — but in many places, the resulting wave was small.

Watch: People in Japan evacuate to rooftops after tsunami alert

Video captured people gathering on top of roofs in the northern Japanese coastal community of Mukawa after a tsunami alert ...

Tsunami fears ease following 8.8 earthquake: 'A great relief to us'

Memories are more recent – and much more raw – in Japan, where the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake struck with a ...

A huge earthquake sent tsunami waves hurtling across the Pacific – but little damage was reported. Here’s what we know

One of the most powerful earthquakes in modern history shook Russia’s remote east coast Wednesday, sending tsunami waves ...

Sixth-Largest Earthquake on Record Triggers Global Tsunami Warnings

A magnitude 8.8 earthquake rocked Russia’s eastern peninsula and has led to evacuations in Hawaii and elsewhere.

Tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant faces new delay in removing melted fuel debris

The Japanese operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says the start of full-scale removal of ...