Around 10 workers were at the scene of the inspection, ordered to clean the pipes of wastewater and sludge if necessary.

The volcano has been assigned an "orange" aviation hazard code, the ministry added, meaning flights in the area may be disrupted.

A tsunami has hit coastal areas of Russia’s Kuril Islands and Japan’s large northern island of Hokkaido after a powerful, 8.8 ...

One of the world’s strongest earthquakes struck Russia’s Far East early Wednesday, causing a tsunami in the northern Pacific ...

A massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake just struck Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula — the strongest since 1952. The ground shook, ...

Workers at the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in northeast Japan were evacuated Wednesday after an 8.7-magnitude earthquake ...

A viral video claimed to show a deadly tsunami triggered by a record-breaking earthquake in Russia’s Far East. But the ...