The Pacific Ring of Fire, a 40,000-kilometer seismic belt, is a hotspot for earthquakes and volcanoes, driven by tectonic ...

Today at about 11:30am local time, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula in the ...

Despite an 8.8 earthquake rocking Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, Moscow remained unaffected. Here’s why the capital is one of ...

Roughly 124 miles (200 kilometers) beneath the Appalachian Mountains in New England lies the aptly named Northern Appalachian ...

Hours after a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck near the Russian coast, becoming one of the strongest tremors ever ...

The Earth’s crust is made of rock that is very hard and brittle at the small scale and near the surface. But over very large ...

For the size of the earthquake off Russia, the tsunami has been rather smaller than expected. To understand why, we can look to geology.

Matt LaFever has reported on California’s North Coast in print and radio for nearly a decade. A Humboldt State grad and 20-year Emerald Triangle resident, he strives to document the wilderness, ...

The development of better early warning systems is an important element of why this tsunami wasn't as bad. Due to the high ...

It was one of the strongest tremors in recorded history, but Wednesday's megathrust earthquake brought less tsunami damage ...

The earthquake in Russia's Kamchatka peninsula on July 30, 2025, may have been one of the most severe on record, with a ...

Volcanoes in the Ring of Fire are at risk of erupting in the next two years because of the 8.8 magnitude earthquake that hit ...