A 6.8-magnitude earthquake was reported in Russia on Sunday (August 3), according to the United States Geological Survey. The ...

A powerful earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale struck Russia's Kuril Islands on Sunday, shaking the region but causing no tsunami threat. The tremor, which originated at a shallow depth of ...

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MOSCOW: A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 struck Russia’s far eastern Kuril Islands on Sunday, days ...

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A volcano in eastern Russia erupted for the first time in 475 years, prompting a tsunami warning. The Krasheninnikov volcano ...

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For the first time in 600 years, Russia's Krasheninnikov Volcano in the Kamchatka Peninsula has erupted, shortly after a ...

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A 7.0 earthquake hit Kuril Islands days after an 8.8 quake in Kamchatka, raising tsunami concerns in the seismically active ...