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People take shelter on the roof of a fire station in Mukawa town, Hokkaido, northern Japan, July 30, 2025, after a powerful earthquake in Russia's Far East prompted tsunami alert in parts of Japan. (Kyodo News via AP)
July 30, 2025, 7:46 pm
Tsunamis lap at Japan, Hawaii and California after huge quake off Russia’s Far East
8.8-magnitude seismic event triggers warnings across Pacific, with millions told to seek high ground; several injured, though none severely; no major damage initially reported
By Mari Yamaguchi
People take shelter on the roof of a fire station in Mukawa town, Hokkaido, northern Japan Wednesday, July 30, 2025, after a powerful earthquake in Russia's Far East prompted tsunami alert in parts of Japan. (Kyodo News via AP)
July 30, 2025, 7:36 am
8.8-magnitude quake causes tsunami in Russia, Japan; warnings issued across Pacific
Earthquake is among largest ever recorded, with epicenter in Russia’s far east, triggering warnings as far as Alaska, Hawaii; tallest initial tsunami is 50 cm in north Japan
By Mari Yamaguchi
The moon rises over the coast of Alaska as the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica sails along the international date line through the Bering Strait, July 14, 2017. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
July 22, 2020, 12:41 pm
Tsunami warning issued as 7.8-magnitude quake hits off Alaska
Residents of Alaskan peninsula scramble to higher ground, but experts say they don’t expect massive wave to hit
By AFP
Members of the Mexican army look at damage caused by an earthquake in the Port of Veracuz on September 7, 2017. (Victoria Razo/AFP)
September 8, 2017, 4:29 pm
At least 26 dead in Mexico’s worst earthquake in a century
Magnitude 8.2 temblor felt in Mexico City, some 800 kilometers away from the epicenter in the country’s south
By Sofia MISELEM and Joshua Howat BERGER
A video grab made from AFPTV footage shows damage to a building in Minatitlan, Mexico, on September 8, 2017 after a powerful 8.2-magnitude earthquake rocked Mexico late on September 7. (AFP PHOTO / AFPTV / Carlos SANTOS AND Lizbeth CUELLO)
September 8, 2017, 3:00 pm
At least 15 now said dead in Mexico’s worst earthquake in a century
Magnitude 8.2 temblor felt many hundreds of kilometers away from southern Mexican epicenter
By Sofia MISELEM and Joshua Howat BERGER
Aerial view of Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea (Mark Matson/ Wikimedia/Creative Commons)
January 22, 2017, 8:59 am
Tsunami warning after 8.0 quake hits Papua New Guinea
No reports of casualties; waves of up to one meter above tide level possible for coastal areas and neighboring islands
By AFP
Illustrative. An Acehnese girl walks past a collapsed mosque minater following an earthquake in Pidie, Aceh province, Indonesia, on December 7, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN)
December 17, 2016, 3:46 pm
Tsunami alert after 7.9-magnitude Papua New Guinea quake
Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre says hazardous waves could hit country, as well as Indonesia, Nauru, Solomon Islands
By AFP
Illustrative photo of a small harbor in New Zealand, February 09, 2016. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
September 1, 2016, 10:34 pm
New Zealand evacuates coastal towns over tsunami fears
Large waves feared on East Coast of the North Island and the upper South Island after 7.1-magnitude quake recorded off coast
By Agencies
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