The Nankai subduction zone, in southern Japan, has hosted several large magnitude 8+ earthquakes during the last three ...

Scientists have captured the first detailed images of the meeting of two tectonic plates off the coast of northern British ...

The Pacific Ring of Fire is a zone of high seismic and volcanic activity. It is responsible for most of the world's ...

The Ring of Fire is a horseshoe-shaped geological zone along the edges of the Pacific Ocean. It is prone to mega earthquakes ...

A massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula triggered tsunami alerts in Hawaii, Japan, and the US ...

A powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula early Wednesday, unleashing tsunami waves up to four ...

As sirens wailed across coastal towns, officials rushed to evacuate residents, with more than 2 million people placed under ...

From Alaska to Puerto Rico, the U.S. has faced some of history’s most powerful tsunamis. As fresh waves hit Hawaii, Russia, ...

But the danger appeared to be waning in some places, with the US state of Hawaii and Japan downgrading their warnings.

An 8.8-magnitude undersea earthquake struck early Wednesday off the coast of Russia's Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, triggering ...

Tsunami waves have hit parts of Russia, Japan and the United States after a massive earthquake off the Russian coast, with alerts issued for dozens of other countries, including the Philippines and ...