At 11:24 am local time on July 30, 2025, a powerful earthquake struck offshore of the Kamchatka Peninsula, triggering a tsunami in the Pacific Ocean.

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia’s Far East early Wednesday, sending tsunami waves into Japan and Hawaii and across the Pacific.

The Krasheninnikov Volcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula has erupted for the first time in 600 years, Head of Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT) Olga