In 1952, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck Kamchatka Krai, Russia, marking the world’s first recorded magnitude 9 earthquake.

Geophysical Institute Director Bob McCoy says the GI plays an important role in interdisciplinary studies, bringing ...

Local seismographs registered the energy associated with the shockwave from one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded.

A powerful quake off Russia's coast may have set off a chain reaction across the Ring of Fire, raising the risk of an ...