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Kamchatka is moving AWAY from Russia: Peninsula shifts 6.5ft southeast following earthquake
Last week, Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula was hit by a magnitude 8.8 earthquake –the sixth–largest ever recorded. The tremor ...
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 ...
Where is the Kamchatka peninsula and why is it so dangerous?
The peninsula is no stranger to seismic activity as it lies on the infamous ‘Ring of Fire.’ Three tsunami waves ripped ...
Where is Kamchatka? Russian peninsula rocked by 8.8 magnitude earthquake, causes tsunami in US, Japan
Kamchatka is a 1,250-kilometre-long peninsula located in the Far East of Russia. The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk ...
In Kamchatka, Epicenter of the Russian Earthquake, Seismic Activity Is Common
Tremors are regularly reported in this remote Russian peninsula dotted with volcanoes, some of which erupt every year.
‘Horrifying': Latest Kamchatka Video Shows ‘First Tsunami Waves’ Reaching ‘High Up The Mountains’
In an intimidating display of how deadly nature can be, a video of the ‘first tsunami waves’ hitting a hilly area in Kamchatka, Russia, was shared online, which went viral. The waves were triggered ...
Terrifying videos: Tornado hurls boat in the air, bridge washed away after floods amid earthquake in Kamchatka, Russia
The latest quake comes days after the severe 8.8 magnitude tremor near Petropavlovsk, Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, which ...