The Pacific "Ring of Fire" is a seismically active zone encircling the Pacific Ocean, where frequent earthquakes and numerous ...

According to National Geographic, the Ring of Fire is a string of volcanoes and sites of seismic activity, like earthquakes, ...

An 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula shook the Pacific, but its tsunami fizzled. A geologist explains ...

Hawaii's Emergency Management Agency swiftly issued 'no tsunami threat' advisory after 6.5-magnitude Papua earthquake.

The magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka coast triggered tsunami warnings as far away as French ...

An area near Petersville, Alaska, was hit with a 4.6 earthquake on Wednesday, according to the United States Geological ...

Russia's massive quake has already triggered at least 10 aftershocks, and could continue for months, according to scientists.

To understand why, we can look to geology. The earthquake was associated with the Pacific tectonic plate, one of several major pieces of Earth's crust.

The 8.8 magnitude quake off Russia that triggered tsunami warnings across the Pacific occurred on what is known as a “megathrust fault”, where the denser Pacific Plate is sliding underneath the ...

The Earth’s crust is made of rock that is very hard and brittle at the small scale and near the surface. But over very large areas and depths, it can deform with slightly elastic behaviour. As the ...