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Magnitude 5.5 earthquake rattles Milford Sound in New Zealand
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck near Milford Sound on the evening of Wednesday, September 2, with more than 6,000 people reporting shaking across the lower South Island. The shallow quake, about 40km…
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7.7 earthquake hits Indonesia, topples buildings, kills 20
Maumere (Indonesia): A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia early Saturday, August 15, killing at least 20 people, collapsing buildings and homes as well as causing panic in…
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7.7 magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia; tsunami warning issued
Maumere: A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia early Saturday, August 15, damaging buildings and homes and triggering a tsunami warning. There are no immediate reports of casualties. The US…
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7.1-magnitude earthquake shakes part of southern Japan
Tokyo: An earthquake registering a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 shook Kumamoto on Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu Tuesday, July 28, and a tsunami advisory was issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.…
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Fresh 4.2-magnitude quake causes alarm in Venezuelan cities
Caracas: A fresh 4.2-magnitude earthquake hit near the Venezuelan cities of Caracas and La Guaira on Monday, June 29, causing alarm among local residents who were seen leaving buildings for open spaces,…
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Powerful 7.8 earthquake kills 19 in Philippines, sparks tsunami
Manila: An offshore magnitude 7.8 earthquake rocked the southern Philippines on Monday, June 8, killing at least 19 people, injuring more than 200 others mostly in damaged buildings and sending a 1-metre…
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Tsunami advisory issued for Japan’s Pacific coasts
Tokyo: Japan’s weather agency on Monday, June 8, issued tsunami advisories for the coastal areas from Ibaraki Prefecture on the country’s eastern Pacific coast to the island prefecture of Okinawa in the…
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Powerful 7.4 quake jolts Indonesia, tsunami warning issued
Jakarta: A powerful 7.4-magnitude offshore earthquake struck eastern Indonesia early Thursday, the United States Geological Survey said, prompting a warning from a US monitoring agency about the possibility of “hazardous tsunami waves”…
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7.4 magnitude earthquake in Indonesia triggers small tsunami
Jakarta: An earthquake in Indonesian waters set off small tsunami waves Thursday, April 2, morning, killing at least one person and damaging houses and buildings, officials said. The 7.4 magnitude earthquake was…
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Magnitude 7.6 quake triggers tsunami on Japan’s northern coast
Tokyo: A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck off northern Japan on Monday, triggering a tsunami of up to 40 centimetres in coastal communities in the region, the Japanese Meteorological Agency said. The agency…
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Strong quake strikes northern Japan, tsunami advisory issued
Tokyo: A powerful quake rattled northern Japan Sunday evening, followed by several more temblors, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. A tsunami advisory was issued. The earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of…
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Two powerful earthquakes hit Philippines in one day
Manila: Two powerful offshore earthquakes struck the same region in the southern Philippines hours apart on Friday. The first one, a 7.4 magnitude quake in the morning, killed at least five people,…
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Powerful earthquake jolts US, triggers tsunami warning
Alaska: A powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Alaska, prompting a tsunami warning for parts of the US state’s southern region and the Alaska Peninsula, the US Geological Survey (USGS)…
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5.0 magnitude earthquake jolts off eastern Indonesia
Jakarta: An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale rocked off Indonesia’s eastern South Papua province earlier on Sunday, the country’s meteorology and geophysics agency said. The tremors occurred at 4:20 a.m.…
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Earthquake of magnitude 6 strikes US
San Francisco: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 has jolted 279 km west of Bandon in the US state of Oregon, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicentre of the…
