THIS is the jaw-dropping moment a horror landslide crashed into the sea at a popular holiday island – engulfing a nearby ...

One of this century’s most powerful earthquakes struck off the coast of Russia and generated tsunami warnings and advisories for a broad section of the Pacific, including Alaska, Hawaii and the ...

The first waves of the tsunami have arrived Japan's Pacific coast after the magnitude 8.7 strong earthquake strikes off Kamchatka Peninsula on July 30, 2025 in Shiogama, Miyagi, Japan.

The Greek poet Crinagoras of Mytilene (1st century BC–1st century AD) once addressed a little poem to an earthquake. He asked the quake not to destroy his house: Subscribe to our newsletter for ...

Many factors go into whether a tsunami will devastate communities or become mostly a false alarm. AccuWeather meteorologist Peyton Simmers said forecasters didn't expect the Russian earthquake to ...

10. Pacific Ocean, 1703: more than 5200 dead A magnitude 8.2 earthquake caused a tsunami that killed more than 5,200 people on Dec. 30, 1703, according to NOAA data.