An area near Petersville, Alaska, was hit with a 4.6 earthquake on Wednesday, according to the United States Geological Survey. Newsweek reached out to the USGS's Earthquake Hazards Program via email ...

One month after Guam's first community-informed backyard buoy began transmitting real-time ocean data from the island's ...

An earthquake centered near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula last week has been called a “wake-up call” for the Pacific Northwest. More important, it should revive thoughts about the threat of a major ear ...

The last week of July 2025 was big news for earthquakes. Last Wednesday, a super strong 8.8 magnitude earthquake was reported near Russia’s eastern shores. It was near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia ...

A massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia on July 29 triggered tsunami alerts across the Pacific Ocean, ...

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

Palestine is currently designated by the UN as a “permanent observer state”, a form of non-member state, meaning it cannot vote on decisions made by the UN’s main organs and bodies, such as the ...

The national tsunami advisory issued after the magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Russia has been cancelled. The ...

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

Following an 8.8 earthquake off the eastern coast of Russia, a tsunami wave was generated that quickly moved across the ...

It seems that for the size of the earthquake, the tsunami has been rather small. To understand why, we can look to geology.

“Residents and visitors who evacuated may return home at this time. Please use caution and patience as traffic will likely ...