December 23, 2011
Earthquake damage to Christchurch Cathedral in the New Zealand South Island city is seen in September 2011. New Zealand’s Christchurch was rocked by a fresh series of powerful earthquakes on Friday, sending terrified people fleeing into the streets 10 months after a devastating quake claimed 181 lives. Two shallow quakes of magnitude 5.8 and [...]
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August 5, 2011
A rehearsal for a six-meter tsunami will be carried out in the central region’s city of Da Nang this October, officials said a city meeting on Wednesday. Â Nearly 3,000 people are expected to join the tsunami-drill in Son Tra District, including more than 2,100 police officers and soldiers. Â The rehearsal will follow [...]
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March 14, 2011
An "SOS" signal is written on the sports field of a high school after the magnitude 8.9 earthquake and tsunami struck the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan March 13, 2011 A hydrogen explosion rocked the earthquake-stricken nuclear plant in Japan where authorities have been working desperately to avert a meltdown, compounding a [...]
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March 12, 2011
A tsunami wave engulfs a residential area after a powerful earthquake in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, on March 11 Japan was struck by its strongest earthquake on record, an 8.9-magnitude temblor that shook buildings across Tokyo and unleashed a seven-meter-high tsunami that killed hundreds as it engulfed towns on the northern coast. As many as [...]
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March 11, 2011
Natural gas storage tanks burn at a facility in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, Japan March 11, 2011 The biggest earthquake on record to hit Japan struck the northeast coast on Friday, triggering a 10-meter tsunami that swept away everything in its path, including houses, ships, cars and farm buildings. The Red Cross in Geneva said [...]
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February 22, 2011
A collapsed building lies over parked cars in the aftermath of the earthquake in Christchurch on February 22, 2011. A powerful earthquake killed at least 65 people in New Zealand’s second city Christchurch Tuesday, crushing buildings and vehicles and leaving hundreds trapped and screaming for help. "We may be witnessing New Zealand’s darkest day," Prime [...]
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October 29, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Scientists are having to think the unthinkable – that Vietnam could get hit by a tsunami. After the tsunami off Indonesia’s Sumatra island in 2004 which killed over 230,000 people, the Vietnamese government issued two tsunami warnings. Later, in 2007, the Centre for Earthquake and Tsunami Warning was set up. Now, deputy prime [...]
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October 2, 2009
At least 1,100 people have been killed in the powerful earthquake that hit the Indonesian island of Sumatra, said the UN humanitarian chief here on Thursday. Rescuers search for surviors trapped in debris, in the aftermath of a powerful earthquake, in Padang on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia, Oct. 2, 2009. At least 529 [...]
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September 3, 2009
At least 42 people have been killed, 40 others have gone missing and more than 400 others were wounded after a 7.3 magnitude quake hit West Java of Indonesia on Wednesday. Residents take shelter outside their damaged houses in the West Java town of Sukabumi on Sept. 2, 2009. A 7.3-magnitude earthquake hit West Java [...]
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August 16, 2009
LookAtVietnam – An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 struck West Sumatra of Sumatra Island in Indonesia on Sunday, injuring seven people and destroying scores of buildings. An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 struck West Sumatra of Sumatra Island in Indonesia on Sunday, injuring seven people and destroying scores of buildings, Meteorology and Geophysics [...]
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