A ‘life-threatening’ earthquake off the coast of Russia has triggered tsunami warnings across the Pacific. The 8.8 magnitude tremor erupted in the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s far east early this morning. In Hawaii, roads have become clogged with ...

A magnitude 7 earthquake has rocked Alaska on Saturday, Dec. 6, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said the earthquake lasted 13 seconds and was followed by more than 50 aftershocks - the strongest measuring 5.9. The quake started at 12:49 p.m. during a public holiday when many children were out of school and celebrating in the streets of Istanbul.

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After the 1975 earthquake, there was a greater emphasis on monitoring the motion of the south flank. Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa installed continuous GPS instruments on Kīlauea’s south flank that recorded the steady seaward motion of the south flank at a rate of about 5 centimeters (2 inches) per year.

A tremor measuring 5.45 magnitude on the Richter Scale, rattled Turkey on Monday, 8 December. Earlier this year – in October – another earthquake of magnitude 4.7 struck Turkey, as per the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said on Thursday.