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Tsunami warnings are triggering mass evacuations across the Pacific—even though the waves look small. Here's why

One of the ten largest earthquakes ever recorded just struck Kamchatka, the sparsely populated Russian peninsula facing the Pacific. The magnitude 8.8 quake had its epicenter in the sea just off the ...
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8.8 magnitude earthquake latest: Volcano erupts in Russia, tsunami waves reach California

(LOS ANGELES) -- A massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia's Pacific coast, sparking tsunami warnings and evacuations of coastal areas in Hawaii and alerts along the U.S. West Coast. In ...