Browsing: Earthquake

Tsunami Warnings Issued after Magnitude-8.7 Earthquake Strikes off Russian CoastTsunami warnings and advisories were issues around the Pacific Ocean after a magnitude-8.7 earthquake struck off the…

BREAKINGBREAKING, Quake strikes 136km east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia’s far east, according to US Geological Survey.Tsunami alerts have been issued after a magnitude 8.0 earthquake off Russia’s…

Japan Wires the Ocean with an Earthquake-Sensing ‘Nervous System’Japan’s new earthquake-detection network lengthens warning times, and researchers in Wales have harnessed nuclear blast detectors to gauge…

Note: Map shows the area with a shake intensity of 3 or greater, which U.S.G.S. defines as “weak,” though the earthquake may be felt outside the…