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Small recreational vehicle driving the Dempster Highway near Dawson City, Yukon, Canada. Credit – Robert Postma/Design Pics Editorial/Universal Images Group—Getty Images High up in Canada’s Yukon Territory, a seismic gun is being cocked and aimed at the little community of Dawson City—population 1,600. If a new study in the journal Geophysical Research Letters is correct, that town or one of …

Scientists Say A Major Earthquake Fault Line Is Waking Up  AOL.comView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

Beaches along the Southern California coast are being closed as a safety precaution as the state deals with a tsunami advisory following an 8.8 earthquake near Russia. Orange County Vice Chair Katrina Foley announced the county is closing all O.C. Parks-managed beaches, including Capo Beach, Salt Creek Beach, and Baby Beach. “Under advisory protocol, the County deployed additional park rangers …

Last night, one of the biggest earthquakes ever recorded on Earth occurred off the coast of Russia. Extraordinarily, so far, no one has died nor even been seriously injured, although millions are being evacuated from coastal areas in Hawaii, California, and Japan for fear of incoming tsunamis. A bizarre knock-on effect of this event is that, well, Duo Expedition for …

Tsunami Advisory for Hawaii after 8.7M earthquake hits Russia; evacuation zones in place  KITV Tsunami waves reach U.S. after Russia quake and NYC shooting victims named: Morning Rundown  NBC News Some facts about the strongest earthquakes ever recorded  AP News TIME-LAPSE: Water recedes along Kauai shoreline as tsunami arrives  Hawaii News Now One of the largest earthquakes ever recorded strikes off coast of Russia …

A powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake has triggered a series of tsunami warnings and evacuation orders stretching across Japan, the US west coast and parts of the Pacific, after the shallow quake hit near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday, with reports of waves up to four metres high in the remote region. The earthquake, one of the strongest ever recorded, struck at …

Russia massive earthquake triggers tsunami warnings: Here’s what we know so far  CNBC TIME-LAPSE: Water recedes along Kauai shoreline as tsunami arrives  Hawaii News Now Tsunami waves begin to hit Hawaii after massive 8.8 quake strikes off Russia  FOX Weather Tsunami Warning for Hawaii after 8.7M earthquake hits Russia; evacuation zones in place  KITV ‘Prepared for a long stay’: tsunami alert triggers mass evacuations …

A powerful earthquake in Russia sent tsunami waves surging toward Japan and parts of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, while Oregon and much of the West Coast were expected to be hit with smaller waves. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 8.8 quake hit near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula at 4:25 p.m. Pacific Time. The National Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami …

BREAKINGBREAKING, The magnitude 8.7 quake strikes 136km east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia’s far east, according to US Geological Survey. Tsunami alerts have been issued in multiple countries after a powerful magnitude 8.7 earthquake off the Russian coast. Waves of up to 4 metres high (13 feet) were recorded in Russia’s far-eastern Kamchatka region early on Wednesday, with warnings of hazardous …

A tsunami advisory was issued for all of the California coast after an 8.7-magnitude earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Russia. According to the U.S. Tsunami Warning Center, the advisory was in effect for the entire West Coast, including Washington and Oregon. The advisory also includes a portion of British Columbia, Alaska’s Aleutian Islands and areas of south and …