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 ...

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 ...

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

Washingtonians breathed a sigh of relief when an 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Russia on Tuesday brought only small waves to the coast without triggering destructive tsunamis. But what many might not ...

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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