A powerful earthquake, measuring 8.8 on the Richter Scale, struck the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia's far east on Wednesday.

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Tsunami alerts have been issued and thousands of people evacuated after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck early on Wednesday ...

Two million people are told to evacuate in Japan after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake, one of the strongest ever, hits Russia's ...