Off the coast of Indonesia an earthquake has hit this morning, October 24th 2009, in the Maluku area east of East Timor. The earthquake was a magnitude 7 earthquake and it did trigger a tsunami warning.The tsunami warning was lifted soon after, but residents were sent running...
created by Amy Judd | 5 wks ago | updated 5 wks ago 127 views | 12 recommendations | 4 comments
The New Zealand Red Cross Samoa Tsunami Relief Fund at Givealittle received a flood of donations from around the world. With many donors leaving comments the team at Givealittle looked for a way to capture...
created by leehales | 6 wks ago 83 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Another tragedy has struck in the South Pacific; a second 6.3 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Tonga. The 6.3 magnitude earthquake comes a day after the region was hit by another devastating 8.0...
created by Tina Kells | 8 wks ago | updated 8 wks ago 384 views | 56 recommendations | 4 comments
The Tusnami warning for Hawaii has been cancelled after the 8.3 magnitude earthquake that struck in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of New Zealand, near the islands of Samoa at 1748 GMT. The tusnami warning for Hawaii has been cancelled however just to repeat that...
created by Amy Judd | 9 wks ago | updated 9 wks ago 285 views | 12 recommendations | 0 comments
The World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) is causing quite a stir with their latest ad campaign using imagery from the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The ad offers an almost omnipotent view Manhattan as the planes crash into the...
created by Blaine Metzgar | 12 wks ago | updated 12 wks ago 106 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
By, Uwe Paschen.Okinawa, Japan has just been struck by an Earthquake of the magnitude of 6.8 wish was preceded by a sery of Earthquakes through out Japan today, With Okinawa being struck at 09:00 Hours local...
created by Paschen | 15 wks ago | updated 14 wks ago 1712 views | 53 recommendations | 12 comments
A magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck southeast of Tokyo at Thursday morning at 7:49 a.m. local time, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. Earlier this week, a manitude-6.4 earthquake struck Japan, killing one and injuring more than 120. This new quake was the third...
An earthquake with a 6.9 magnitude on the Richter scale hit Tokyo and surrounding areas this morning according to the Japan Meteorological Agency on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at 7:56pm Tokyo time. It...
created by albertacowpoke | 16 wks ago | updated 16 wks ago 2371 views | 59 recommendations | 19 comments
CNN reports a 7.8 magnitude earthquake off the coast of New Zealand. The shaker struck about 8:22 p.m. local time (9:22 a.m. UTC/5:22 a.m. ET. " (CNN) -- A major earthquake struck off the coast of New Zealand's...
created by truthcaster | 20 wks ago | updated 19 wks ago 152 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake has struck in the waters off the coast of Taiwan, about 50km deep. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency website, the earthquake hit the coastal waters off Taiwan on July...
created by Tina Kells | 20 wks ago | updated 20 wks ago 841 views | 40 recommendations | 4 comments
(from Ace Preston's "Adventures in Southeast Asia" series continued..) Thailand I was once told meant "land of smiles" but I prefer to call it by it's old name of Siam just as I call Myanmar Burmur. Could you...
created by ACE PRESTON | 25 wks ago | updated 25 wks ago 3231 views | 68 recommendations | 35 comments
By Basil Fernando Column: Burning Points Hong Kong, China — Members of a Sinhalese heritage group, the Hela Urumaya, gathered in front of the British High Commission in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Wednesday to protest the visits of British Foreign Secretary David Milliband and...
created by freemedia | 29 wks ago | updated 29 wks ago 142 views | 5 recommendations | 2 comments
NASA scientists say new data provided by twin spacecraft analyzing the sun will help them more accurately predict how so-called solar tsunamis wreak havoc on our planet. " The tsunamis -- powerful explosions...
Thailand Nite Life! Thailand has suffered the extreme Boxing Day - Tsunami the worst natural disaster to ever strike Thailand and still recovering. God Bless. Thailand has been featured a lot recently in...
created by DAMIRworld | 41 wks ago | updated 40 wks ago 209 views | 9 recommendations | 4 comments