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Massive earthquake in the Pacific Ocean prompts a tsunami watch for parts of B.C.

CBC’s Darius Mahdavi reports on a massive earthquake in the Pacific Ocean which has led to a tsunami watch in parts of B.C.
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Magnitude 4.0 earthquake recorded off B.C. coast, no damage expected

A 4.0 magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of British Columbia this morning. A seismograph in Virginia Beach, Va. is shown in a Tuesday, August 23, 2011 file photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/The ...

Why some underwater earthquakes cause tsunamis—and others, just little ripples

After a massive earthquake off the coast of Kamchatka, a peninsula in the far east of Russia, on July 30, 2025, the world ...

Aftershocks From 8.8-Magnitude Quake Rattle North Pacific

Dozens of small earthquakes were recorded, most off the coast of Russia’s Far East. Five of them have been above magnitude 6.
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Volcano Watch: Distant versus local earthquakes and tsunami response times in Hawaii

Large distant earthquakes in the past have generated tsunamis that caused significant damage and deaths in Hawaii. In 1946, a magnitude-7.9 Aleutian Islands, Alaska earthquake generated a tsunami that ...

Pacific tsunami: Modern early warning systems prevent the catastrophic death tolls of the past

The earthquake in Russia's Kamchatka peninsula on July 30, 2025, may have been one of the most severe on record, with a ...

Why Did Such a Powerful Earthquake Produce Such a Weak Tsunami?

The quake in Russia on Wednesday was among the strongest ever recorded — but in many places, the resulting wave was small.

Tsunami threat over after Russia's earthquake hits coast

Tsunami fears were gone by Thursday morning after an 8.8 earthquake off Russia's coast. WWE star Hulk Hogan’s cause of death ...