Series of strong quakes strike near Kamchatka, tsunami threat lifted
SUNDAY, JULY 20, 2025
A powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Sunday, followed by a series of significant aftershocks.
In Russia's Far East, suspected oil leak blamed for killing octopi, sickening surfers
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 06, 2020
MOSCOW - The sight would be compared to a graveyard: Along a bay shore on Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, more than a dozen octopus washed up lifeless.