Some parts of Papua New Guinea were without power Wednesday after a major earthquake rocked the area. A strong earthquake struck the South Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea on Wednesday. There are no immediate reports of damage or injuries and no tsunami alert has been issued. The US Geological Survey says the magnitude-7.3 [...]
The İstanbul-based Kandilli seismology center originally reported that the magnitude was 6.6, but later corrected it to 7.2. The earthquake occurred at 1:41 p.m. Its epicenter was in the village of Tabanli in the eastern province of Van, bordering Iran, but the earthquake was also felt in the province’s city center as well as the [...]
A 6.1 magnitude earthquake has struck Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, but no tsunami warning was issued. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake on Saturday was centered 604 miles southwest of Anchorage on the eastern part of the Aleutian Islands. It had a depth of 43 kilometers. Sand Point police officer Nate Taylor says no [...]
Japan lifted a tsunami advisory Sunday after only small waves arrived at the nation’s northern Pacific coast a few hours after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit the region. The quake was centered about 131 miles (212km) east of Sendai, the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, according to the US Geological Survey. It hit the area at [...]
A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck off eastern Japan Sunday, triggering a tsunami warning that was lifted within 2 hours. The latest quake, which hit just before 10 a.m. local time, came after the massive record 9.0-magnitude earthquake that spawned a deadly tsunami in the same region four months earlier. Roughly 23,000 people were killed or went [...]
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