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Is Russian Quake A Wakeup Call For US?

October 6, 2025

A magnitude 8.8 earthquake experts are calling “the largest of the large,” struck near Eastern Russia, overlapping almost perfectly with a devastating 1952 quake in the same region. An expert explains this rare repeat event and shares a reminder that massive quakes will keep happening, and could hit much closer to home in the future for the U.S. Pacific Northwest.