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‘The great mass of waters killed many thousands’: how earthquakes and tsunamis shook ancient Greece and Rome
The great mass of waters killed many thousands of people by drowning … the lifeless bodies of shipwrecked persons lay ...
Pacific Northwest reminded of seismic risks after Russia's magnitude 8.8 earthquake
The event highlighted the need for preparedness, as an earthquake on the Cascadia Subduction Zone could generate a local ...
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Russian nuclear submarine base near 8.8 earthquake epicenter sparks safety concerns
Russia's Rybachiy submarine base, just 75 miles from the quake’s epicenter, may have faced damage despite official ...
Russia's 'land of fire and ice' was largely spared by the nearby earthquake and tsunami
One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded hit Russia’s Far East, flooding a fishing port with waves from a tsunami, ...
Tsunami mapped: Hawaii and California warnings issued after massive earthquake
Hawaii and California warnings issued after massive earthquake - This is the strongest earthquake recorded since 2011 and ties at the sixth most severe quake ever in history ...
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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 ...
Visualizing the Russia earthquake and tsunami in maps and charts
An 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s eastern coast on late Wednesday morning, local time. The quake triggered ...