A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck the Kuril Islands on August 9, at a depth of 10 km, following a massive 8.8 magnitude ...

On July 30, a massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, triggering ...

A Portuguese explorer famously named the Pacific Ocean the "Mar Pacifico" or Peaceful Sea, unaware of the Pacific Ring of ...

Igor Kan, 59, became ill while flying tourists to see the Krasheninnikov volcano in eastern Russia which erupted this week and he was able to make an emergency landing - but he could not be saved ...