At 11:24 am local time on July 30, 2025, a powerful earthquake struck offshore of the Kamchatka Peninsula, as reported by the U.S. Geological Survey on its social media platform. Videos shared on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the history of science and exploration. This week’s massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake in eastern Russia, which triggered ...

Today at about 11:30am local time, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula in the country's far east. Originating at a depth of roughly 20 kilometers, today's ...

Feet of snow buried the town of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka, in Russia's Far East, during the middle of last week. Two people were killed by snow falling from rooftops. The Kamchatka Peninsula ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s meteorological agency issued a tsunami alert for Japan’s Pacific coast, upgrading an earlier advisory stemming from the powerful, magnitude 8.0 quake that hit on Wednesday morning ...

Reporter When the sixth-strongest earthquake ever recorded hit Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula last week, it triggered tsunami warnings around the world as waves rippled across the Pacific as far as the ...

Tremors are regularly reported in this remote Russian peninsula dotted with volcanoes, some of which erupt every year. By Nataliya Vasilyeva The Kamchatka Peninsula is so known in Russia for its ...

Dramatic video shows brave doctors calmly continuing to perform surgery as a powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit — rocking their operating theatre in Russia. The medics are seen clinging to the ...