A magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck near Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula has triggered a cascade of tsunami alerts across the Pacific, with the United States bracing for potential coastal impacts. The ...

A massive tsunami generated just offshore could turn large stretches of the U.S. Pacific coastline into a disaster zone ...

TOKYO -- One of the world's strongest earthquakes struck Russia's Far East early Wednesday, an 8.8 magnitude temblor that set off a tsunami in the northern Pacific region and prompted warnings for ...

HONOLULU (AP) — 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, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A tsunami warning has ended for parts of Oregon after a large span of the West Coast braced for the impact of a large earthquake that hit off the coast of California, according ...

The earthquake ruptured off California’s coast at about 10:45 a.m. PT, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. A map shows the epicenter of an earthquake off California today. USGS A 7.0-magnitude ...

Highland Park and Michigan State Police are trying to figure out exactly what led up to this violent incident that saw a 13-year-old boy shot dead in a parking lot on Tuesday afternoon. Read full ...

WESTPORT, Grays Harbor County — The phone call Westport had been waiting on for three years finally came in November. City administrator Kevin Goodrich, at his desk early, was the first to get the ...

The Japanese operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Tuesday said the start of full-scale removal of melted fuel debris will be delayed for several years until 2037 or ...

Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), the University of Texas at Austin’s (UT) Oden ...