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The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 7.6 earthquake occurred Saturday around 6:23 p.m. Eastern Time with an ...

A Tsunami warning was canceled in the Caribbean Sea after the region's most powerful earthquake in four years struck in the sea north of Honduras on Saturday.

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The Dodgers have already acquired two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell this off-season ... and grandparents died in the tsunami that followed the 2011 Japan earthquake, the disaster sweeping ...

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False. This clip shows a tsunami in the country in 2011. A video from 2011 is being shared on social media with claims suggesting it shows scenes following a recent earthquake in Japan. The clip shows ...

A "megaquake" hitting Japan in the next 30 years could trigger 100-foot tsunamis and kill hundreds of thousands of people.