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...
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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...
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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...
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Watch the video of the Samoa tsunami and the flood that ensued below. A massive tsunami hit Samoa and killed 99 people, left others missing, and destroyed Samoan villages.The Samoa tsunami was caused by a strong earthquake that had...
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(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...
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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...
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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...