Japan: Pacific Coast Under Tsunami Warning After M8.8 Quake Off Kamchatka Peninsula 6

Sirens blared as a tsunami warning was issued for a wide area along Japan's Pacific coast after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday, July 30. This video shows sirens blaring in Mie prefecture.

Japan: Pacific Coast Under Tsunami Warning After M8.8 Quake Off Kamchatka Peninsula 5

Sirens blared as a tsunami warning was issued for a wide area along Japan's Pacific coast after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday, July 30.

Japan: Pacific Coast Under Tsunami Warning After M8.8 Quake Off Kamchatka Peninsula 4

Sirens blared as a tsunami warning was issued for a wide area along Japan's Pacific coast after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday, July 30. This video shows sirens blaring near Yamashita Park, along waterfront in Yokohama.

Japan: Pacific Coast Under Tsunami Advisory After Russia M8.0 Earthquake 2

Sirens blared as a tsunami warning was issued for a wide area along Japan's Pacific coast after a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday, July 30. This video shows an evacuation announcement near a beach in Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, urging residents to evacuate.

Japan: Pacific Coast Under Tsunami Advisory After Russia M8.0 Earthquake

Sirens blared as a tsunami advisory was issued for a wide area along Japan's Pacific coast after a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday, July 30.

Earthquake Drill - Mexico

Earthquake Drill - Mexico

People participate during the second national drill 2023, with the hypothesis of an 8.0 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter in Acapulco, Guerrero in the municipal palace of Nezahualcóyotl. On September 19, 2023. In Mexico City. Photo by Carlos Santiago/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Earthquake Drill - Mexico

Earthquake Drill - Mexico

People participate during the second national drill 2023, with the hypothesis of an 8.0 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter in Acapulco, Guerrero in the municipal palace of Nezahualcóyotl. On September 19, 2023. In Mexico City. Photo by Carlos Santiago/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Earthquake Drill - Mexico

Earthquake Drill - Mexico

People participate during the second national drill 2023, with the hypothesis of an 8.0 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter in Acapulco, Guerrero in the municipal palace of Nezahualcóyotl. On September 19, 2023. In Mexico City. Photo by Carlos Santiago/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Earthquake Drill - Mexico

Earthquake Drill - Mexico

People participate during the second national drill 2023, with the hypothesis of an 8.0 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter in Acapulco, Guerrero in the municipal palace of Nezahualcóyotl. On September 19, 2023. In Mexico City. Photo by Carlos Santiago/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Earthquake Drill - Mexico

Earthquake Drill - Mexico

People participate during the second national drill 2023, with the hypothesis of an 8.0 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter in Acapulco, Guerrero in the municipal palace of Nezahualcóyotl. On September 19, 2023. In Mexico City. Photo by Carlos Santiago/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Earthquake Drill - Mexico

Earthquake Drill - Mexico

People participate during the second national drill 2023, with the hypothesis of an 8.0 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter in Acapulco, Guerrero in the municipal palace of Nezahualcóyotl. On September 19, 2023. In Mexico City. Photo by Carlos Santiago/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Earthquake Drill - Mexico

Earthquake Drill - Mexico

People participate during the second national drill 2023, with the hypothesis of an 8.0 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter in Acapulco, Guerrero in the municipal palace of Nezahualcóyotl. On September 19, 2023. In Mexico City. Photo by Carlos Santiago/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Earthquake Drill - Mexico

Earthquake Drill - Mexico

People participate during the second national drill 2023, with the hypothesis of an 8.0 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter in Acapulco, Guerrero in the municipal palace of Nezahualcóyotl. On September 19, 2023. In Mexico City. Photo by Carlos Santiago/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Earthquake Drill - Mexico

Earthquake Drill - Mexico

People participate during the second national drill 2023, with the hypothesis of an 8.0 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter in Acapulco, Guerrero in the municipal palace of Nezahualcóyotl. On September 19, 2023. In Mexico City. Photo by Carlos Santiago/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Earthquake Drill - Mexico

Earthquake Drill - Mexico

People participate during the second national drill 2023, with the hypothesis of an 8.0 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter in Acapulco, Guerrero in the municipal palace of Nezahualcóyotl. On September 19, 2023. In Mexico City. Photo by Carlos Santiago/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Earthquake Drill - Mexico

Earthquake Drill - Mexico

People participate during the second national drill 2023, with the hypothesis of an 8.0 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter in Acapulco, Guerrero in the municipal palace of Nezahualcóyotl. On September 19, 2023. In Mexico City. Photo by Carlos Santiago/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Earthquake Drill - Mexico

Earthquake Drill - Mexico

People participate during the second national drill 2023, with the hypothesis of an 8.0 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter in Acapulco, Guerrero in the municipal palace of Nezahualcóyotl. On September 19, 2023. In Mexico City. Photo by Carlos Santiago/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Wenchuan County New Appearance in Aba, China

Wenchuan County New Appearance in Aba, China

ABA, CHINA - AUGUST 6, 2023 - Aerial photo shows the new appearance of Wenchuan County in Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Sichuan province, Aug 6, 2023. At 14:28 on May 12, 2008, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Wenchuan County.

Wenchuan County New Appearance in Aba, China

Wenchuan County New Appearance in Aba, China

ABA, CHINA - AUGUST 6, 2023 - Aerial photo shows the new appearance of Wenchuan County in Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Sichuan province, Aug 6, 2023. At 14:28 on May 12, 2008, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Wenchuan County.

Wenchuan County New Appearance in Aba, China

Wenchuan County New Appearance in Aba, China

ABA, CHINA - AUGUST 6, 2023 - Aerial photo shows the new appearance of Wenchuan County in Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Sichuan province, Aug 6, 2023. At 14:28 on May 12, 2008, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Wenchuan County.

Wenchuan County New Appearance in Aba, China

Wenchuan County New Appearance in Aba, China

ABA, CHINA - AUGUST 6, 2023 - Aerial photo shows the new appearance of Wenchuan County in Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Sichuan province, Aug 6, 2023. At 14:28 on May 12, 2008, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Wenchuan County.

Wenchuan County New Appearance in Aba, China

Wenchuan County New Appearance in Aba, China

ABA, CHINA - AUGUST 6, 2023 - Aerial photo shows the new appearance of Wenchuan County in Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Sichuan province, Aug 6, 2023. At 14:28 on May 12, 2008, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Wenchuan County.

Wenchuan County New Appearance in Aba, China

Wenchuan County New Appearance in Aba, China

ABA, CHINA - AUGUST 6, 2023 - Aerial photo shows the new appearance of Wenchuan County in Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Sichuan province, Aug 6, 2023. At 14:28 on May 12, 2008, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Wenchuan County.

Wenchuan County New Appearance in Aba, China

Wenchuan County New Appearance in Aba, China

ABA, CHINA - AUGUST 6, 2023 - Aerial photo shows the new appearance of Wenchuan County in Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Sichuan province, Aug 6, 2023. At 14:28 on May 12, 2008, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Wenchuan County.

Wenchuan County New Appearance in Aba, China

Wenchuan County New Appearance in Aba, China

ABA, CHINA - AUGUST 6, 2023 - Aerial photo shows the new appearance of Wenchuan County in Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Sichuan province, Aug 6, 2023. At 14:28 on May 12, 2008, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Wenchuan County.

Wenchuan County New Appearance in Aba, China

Wenchuan County New Appearance in Aba, China

ABA, CHINA - AUGUST 6, 2023 - Aerial photo shows the new appearance of Wenchuan County in Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Sichuan province, Aug 6, 2023. At 14:28 on May 12, 2008, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Wenchuan County.

Wenchuan County New Appearance in Aba, China

Wenchuan County New Appearance in Aba, China

ABA, CHINA - AUGUST 6, 2023 - Aerial photo shows the new appearance of Wenchuan County in Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Sichuan province, Aug 6, 2023. At 14:28 on May 12, 2008, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Wenchuan County.

Wenchuan County New Appearance in Aba, China

Wenchuan County New Appearance in Aba, China

ABA, CHINA - AUGUST 6, 2023 - Aerial photo shows the new appearance of Wenchuan County in Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Sichuan province, Aug 6, 2023. At 14:28 on May 12, 2008, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Wenchuan County.

Wenchuan County New Appearance in Aba, China

Wenchuan County New Appearance in Aba, China

ABA, CHINA - AUGUST 6, 2023 - Aerial photo shows the new appearance of Wenchuan County in Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Sichuan province, Aug 6, 2023. At 14:28 on May 12, 2008, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Wenchuan County.

Wenchuan County New Appearance in Aba, China

Wenchuan County New Appearance in Aba, China

ABA, CHINA - AUGUST 6, 2023 - Aerial photo shows the new appearance of Wenchuan County in Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Sichuan province, Aug 6, 2023. At 14:28 on May 12, 2008, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Wenchuan County.

Wenchuan County New Appearance in Aba, China

Wenchuan County New Appearance in Aba, China

ABA, CHINA - AUGUST 6, 2023 - Aerial photo shows the new appearance of Wenchuan County in Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Sichuan province, Aug 6, 2023. At 14:28 on May 12, 2008, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Wenchuan County.

Wenchuan County New Appearance in Aba, China

Wenchuan County New Appearance in Aba, China

ABA, CHINA - AUGUST 6, 2023 - Aerial photo shows the new appearance of Wenchuan County in Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Sichuan province, Aug 6, 2023. At 14:28 on May 12, 2008, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Wenchuan County.

Wenchuan County New Appearance in Aba, China

Wenchuan County New Appearance in Aba, China

ABA, CHINA - AUGUST 6, 2023 - Aerial photo shows the new appearance of Wenchuan County in Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Sichuan province, Aug 6, 2023. At 14:28 on May 12, 2008, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Wenchuan County.

15th anniversary of Sichuan earthquake

15th anniversary of Sichuan earthquake

Combined photo shows a view of Yingxiu in China's Sichuan Province in August 2008 in the aftermath of an 8.0-magnitude earthquake (top), and the same location (bottom), which was near the epicenter of the quake, on May 7, 2023, after reconstruction. May 12 marks the 15th anniversary of the Sichuan earthquake that left 87,000 people dead or missing.

15th anniversary of Sichuan earthquake

15th anniversary of Sichuan earthquake

Combined photo shows a view of Mianyang in China's Sichuan Province in May 2008 following an 8.0-magnitude earthquake (top) and the same location, with ruins serving as a memory to the disaster, on May 4, 2023 (bottom). May 12 marks the 15th anniversary of the Sichuan earthquake that left 87,000 people dead or missing.

15th anniversary of Sichuan earthquake

15th anniversary of Sichuan earthquake

Junior high school students take part in a memorial event in front of a collapsed school building (background) in Yingxiu in China's Sichuan Province on May 6, 2023. May 12 marks the 15th anniversary of the 8.0-magnitude Sichuan earthquake that left 87,000 people dead or missing.

15th anniversary of Sichuan earthquake

15th anniversary of Sichuan earthquake

Visitors walk in front of a tilted quake-hit building in Mianyang in China's Sichuan Province on May 4, 2023. May 12 marks the 15th anniversary of the 8.0-magnitude Sichuan earthquake that left 87,000 people dead or missing.

5 years after Sichuan quake

5 years after Sichuan quake

BEICHUAN, China - Mourners visit "earthquake relics" in Qushan town in Beichuan county of Mianyang city in Sichuan Province, China, on May 12, 2013, the fifth anniversary of a magnitude-8.0 earthquake that left more than 87,000 people dead or missing.

5 years after Sichuan quake

5 years after Sichuan quake

BEICHUAN, China - Mourners visit "earthquake relics" in Qushan town in Beichuan county of Mianyang city in Sichuan Province, China, on May 12, 2013, the fifth anniversary of a magnitude-8.0 earthquake that left more than 87,000 people dead or missing.

5 years after Sichuan quake

5 years after Sichuan quake

BEICHUAN, China - A visitor views "earthquake relics" preserved in Qushan town in Beichuan county of Mianyang city in Sichuan Province, China, on May 12, 2013, the fifth anniversary of a magnitude-8.0 earthquake that left more than 87,000 people dead or missing.

5 years after Sichuan quake

5 years after Sichuan quake

BEICHUAN, China - Mourners visit "earthquake relics" in Qushan town in Beichuan county of Mianyang city in Sichuan Province, China, on May 12, 2013, the fifth anniversary of a magnitude-8.0 earthquake that left more than 87,000 people dead or missing.

5 years after Sichuan quake

5 years after Sichuan quake

BEICHUAN, China - Mourners offer flowers at a monument at the time an earthquake took place five years ago, at a common grave in Qushan town in Beichuan county of Mianyang city in Sichuan Province, China, on May 12, 2013, the fifth anniversary of a magnitude-8.0 earthquake that left more than 87,000 people dead or missing.

5 years after Sichuan quake

5 years after Sichuan quake

BEICHUAN, China - Mourners Chen Yuhong, his wife Li Li and their son Hengrui visit "earthquake relics" preserved in Qushan town in Beichuan county of Mianyang city in Sichuan Province, China, on May 12, 2013, the fifth anniversary of a magnitude-8.0 earthquake that left more than 87,000 people dead or missing.

Japan conducts major earthquake drills nationwide

Japan conducts major earthquake drills nationwide

TOKYO, Japan - A frigate ship (R) from the U.S. 7th Fleet joins earthquake drills staged by the Japanese government on Sept. 1 under a scenario that magnitude 7.3 and 8.0 quakes occur in Tokyo Bay in eastern Japan and Suruga Bay in central Japan, respectively.

Japan conducts major earthquake drills nationwide

Japan conducts major earthquake drills nationwide

TOKYO, Japan - Firefighters rescue people from collapsed houses in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 1 during earthquake drills the Japanese government staged under a scenario that magnitude 7.3 and 8.0 quakes occurred in Tokyo Bay in eastern Japan and Suruga Bay in central Japan, respectively.

(1)Major quakes jolt Hokkaido

(1)Major quakes jolt Hokkaido

KUSHIRO, Japan - Grave stones at a cemetery in Kushiro, Hokkaido, collapse after two powerful quakes, one with a preliminary magnitude of 8.0 on the Richter scale, jolted Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido on Sept. 26.

Japan conducts major earthquake drills nationwide

Japan conducts major earthquake drills nationwide

TOKYO, Japan - Firefighters rescue people from collapsed houses in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 1 during earthquake drills the Japanese government staged under a scenario that magnitude 7.3 and 8.0 quakes occurred in Tokyo Bay in eastern Japan and Suruga Bay in central Japan, respectively. (Kyodo)

Japan conducts major earthquake drills nationwide

Japan conducts major earthquake drills nationwide

TOKYO, Japan - A frigate ship (R) from the U.S. 7th Fleet joins earthquake drills staged by the Japanese government on Sept. 1 under a scenario that magnitude 7.3 and 8.0 quakes occur in Tokyo Bay in eastern Japan and Suruga Bay in central Japan, respectively. (Kyodo)

Chinese premier says Sichuan quake death toll may top 80,000

Chinese premier says Sichuan quake death toll may top 80,000

YINGXIU, China - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (R) meets with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the quake-devastated town of Yingxiu in Sichuan Province on May 24. Wen told reporters that authorities fear the toll from the magnitude 8.0 earthquake on May 12 may top 80,000 deaths. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo)

Photos from quake-hit Sichuan in China

Photos from quake-hit Sichuan in China

MIANZHU, China - Survivors' handmade tents are seen in an open space in Mianzhu in the western Chinese province of Sichuan on May 20. The region was devastated by a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0 on May 12. (Kyodo)