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

A magnitude 8.2 earthquake caused a tsunami that killed more than 5,200 people on Dec. 30, 1703, according to NOAA data. The ...

Russian agencies have warned a new powerful earthquake near the Pacific's Kuril Islands could trigger a tsunami wave up to 19 ...

A tsunami warning issued for Hawaii after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded, an 8.8 magnitude in Russia's Far ...

An 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s eastern coast on late Wednesday morning, local time. The quake triggered ...

Tsunami alerts were issued for Alaska and Hawaii on Tuesday after a major, 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of ...

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

One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded has sent a tsunami crashing into a Russian port and smaller waves ...

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded hit Russia’s Far East, flooding a fishing port with waves from a tsunami, ...

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

Last week, a massive magnitude-8.8 earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, sparking tsunami warnings as far away ...

The caption reads: “March 11, 2011 — the day Japan was shaken by one of the deadliest tsunamis in history. A Japanese Coast ...