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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 ...
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 ...
‘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 ...
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 ...
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What Unleashed Kamchatka’s Dormant Giant? The Science Behind a 500-Year Eruption
Coincidence, or some more profound tectonic dance, when a dormant volcano erupts just days after a megaquake? Geoscientists have long wondered about this, and the April eruption of Russia’s Kamchatka ...