The Okhotsk Sea quake registered 8.3 on the Richter Scale at a depth of 600km, and prompted a tsunami warning.
Flights from east of Russian resumed for the first time since last year's earthquake and tsunami which led to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.
Reclusive state bordering Russian Far East claims to have 'joined the ranks of advanced nuclear states'.
Beijing reviewing its energy needs with slowing economy, says report.
Elders in Altai Mountains vote to reinter mummy of ancient woman 'to stop her anger which causes floods and earthquakes'.
Tattooed 2,500-year-old princess found mummified and preserved in permafrost could finally be reburied in special monument.
Pipeline will go through pristine Altai Mountains in supply route seen as economically vital by Kremlin.
City of 180,000 is just 26 km from ‘waking’ Avachinsky on Pacific’s ring of fire.
Bizarre claim in New York Observer says tattooed Ukok 'princess' preserved in ice casket led to Donald Trump's victory over Clinton.