Russian volcano erupts after centuries of dormancy, spewing hot ash into sky and triggering 7.0-magnitude earthquake with tsunami warning on Kamchatka Peninsula.

Russia's Krasheninnikov volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula erupted for the first time in centuries, possibly triggered by an 8.8-magnitude earthquake, causing ash plumes and brief tsunami warnings.

Local seismographs registered the energy associated with the shockwave from one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded.

The latest quake follows an 8.8 magnitude earthquake near the Kamchatka coast on Wednesday, which sparked a Tsunami that ...

Large distant earthquakes in the past have generated tsunamis that caused significant damage and deaths in Hawaii. In 1946, a ...

This is the first historically confirmed eruption of Krasheninnikov Volcano in 600 years,” RIA cited Olga Girina, head of the ...

The quake comes days after an 8.8-magnitude tremor in the region triggered tsunami alerts across Asia and the Pacific ...

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia’s Far East, sending tsunami waves into Japan, Hawaii and the U.S ...

HONOLULU (Island News) -- There is no tsunami threat for Hawaii after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake was reported in the Kuril Islands. The earthquake hit Russia's Kuril Islands at 7:37 p.m. HST on Aug. 2 ...