Major ancient faults like that can remain as weak zones in the Earth’s crust and then focus ongoing tectonic strain,” noted ...

The Tintina fault stretches 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) across northern Canada, crossing the Yukon and ending in Alaska. The fault is thought to have been dormant for 40 million years, but that ...

Dave Snider, Warning Coordinator with the Tsunami Warning Center, says Alaska got lucky after the magnitude 8.8 earthquake ...

An earthquake of magnitude 8.8 - one of the world's strongest-struck Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula early on ...

An 8.8 magnitude earthquake one of the most powerful ever recorded struck off the coast of eastern Russia late Tuesday, ...

The 1964 event, considered the worst tsunami disaster recorded in the United States, began with a 9.2 magnitude earthquake in ...

After a magnitude 8.8 earthquake hit off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, tsunami alerts rippled out across Hawaii, Alaska, ...

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

Tsunami alerts across the Pacific are being downgraded after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake, one of the strongest ever recorded, ...

The sixth most powerful earthquake on record triggered widespread evacuation orders across multiple countries including the ...

Tsunami alerts were also in effect in Alaska, the U.S. West Coast and down the Pacific Rim to New Zealand. The earthquake, ...

A powerful 8.8 quake hit Russia’s Far East, causing tsunami waves and alerts from Japan to Hawaii. Check top updates here ...