Russia's 8.8‑magnitude earthquake is among history's strongest. The top 10 quakes that shook Earth

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An 8.8‑magnitude earthquake, one of the strongest ever recorded, struck the coast of Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula early on Wednesday.

The massive undersea quake unleashed tsunami waves that raced across the Pacific Ocean, prompting alerts from Japan and Alaska to Hawaii and New Zealand.

“This earthquake was serious and the strongest in decades of tremors,” Kamchatka Governor Vladimir Solodov said in a...

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