A 6.8-magnitude earthquake was reported in Russia on Sunday (August 3), according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake was centered near Severo-Kuril'sk at a depth of 35.0 kilometers ...

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 ...

An earthquake rocked New Jersey late Saturday night — luckily, though, fairly softly. It was reported to be a magnitude 3 quake, generally considered to be a minor, “low energy event” that would not ...

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

The overnight eruption of the Krasheninnikov Volcano in Kamchatka, its first in 600 years, may be connected to the huge ...

A tsunami has sent waves into Russia, Japan, Hawaii and the West Coast of the United States after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake ...

The quake's epicenter was in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey. No injuries or structural damage was reported shortly afterward, ...

A volcano in Russia has erupted for the first time in 600 years and may be linked to a recent major earthquake in the east of ...

Nigeria's "banditry" crisis originated in conflict over land and water rights between herders and farmers but has morphed into organised crime.

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

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