A tsunami watch was issued for Hawaii about 15 mintues after the strongest quake. Warnings were issued for Russia's Kuril Islands. All were canceled.

Hawaii’s unique position in the center of the Pacific Ocean makes it particularly vulnerable to tsunamis from both distant and local sources. With 32 destructive tsunamis recorded since 1900, ...

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PM Alaskan Daylight Time, a powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake occurred just south of Sand Point AK, part of the Aleutian ...

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Japan was shaken by a swarm of 19 earthquakes in less than 17 hours. While most of the tremors were mild, one reached a ...

Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that has experienced a handful of ...

The giant earthquake was recorded at 12:37 p.m. local time, southeast of Sand Point, a community located on Popof Island in ...

More information: Ryo Yamaguchi et al, The complex rupture evolution of the long and slow, tsunamigenic 2021 South Sandwich Islands earthquake, Scientific Reports (2025).