A powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck early Wednesday morning in the remote Far East of Russia, near the Kamchatka Peninsula, triggering a series of tsunami alerts across seve

The latest quake follows an 8.8 magnitude earthquake near the Kamchatka coast on Wednesday, which sparked a Tsunami that triggered emergency declarations in both Russia and the U.S.

A massive earthquake hit near Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on July 29. It was one of the biggest in recent years, with a magnitude of 8.8. The earthquake happened under the ocean, which can lead to dangerous waves called tsunamis.