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Kamchatka Earthquake Is Among Top 10 Strongest Ever Recorded. Here’s What They Have In Common

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 kilometres, today’s ...
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The Russia earthquake was among the world’s strongest. Here’s what links them all

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 kilometres, today’s ...
The New York Times

Why Did Such a Powerful Earthquake Produce Such a Weak Tsunami?

The quake in Russia on Wednesday was among the strongest ever recorded — but in many places, the resulting wave was small. By Katrina Miller Early Wednesday morning, a powerful earthquake, one of the ...
NBC 6 South Florida

Tsunami waves hit Hawaii after 8.8 earthquake. We explain the natural disasters

An 8.8 earthquake in Russia's Far East early Wednesday that forced evacuations for nearly 2 million people in Japan and triggered tsunami waves there, in Hawaii and across the Pacific. The tsunami ...