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M6.8 earthquake strikes Banda Sea off Indonesia: CENC

An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 struck the Banda Sea off Indonesia at 11:09 p.m. Jakarta time on Friday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).The quake at a depth of 640 km was mon

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M7.0 earthquake hits Sumatra, Indonesia

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck southern Sumatra in Indonesia at 6:29 a.m. on Wednesday local time, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, wa

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Tsunami warning as 7.8 magnitude quake hits off Alaska

A Tsunami warning was issued Wednesday after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit 99 km southeast of Perryville, Alaska at 0612 GMT, according to the U.S. Tsunami Warning Ce

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6.2-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Chiba Prefecture, no tsunami warning issued

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 on Thursday struck off the east coast of Chiba Prefecture in Japan, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The tembl

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Powerful earthquake hits off the Greek island of Crete

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck near the Greek island of Crete on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.China Earthquake Networks Center recorded the magnitude at 6.5.So far, there is no report

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Spanish rescuer: The people's applause is our vitamins

03:47 The DyA (Stop and Help) is a non-profit organization created in 1966. It originally provided assistance to victims of car accidents and has evolved into a top of the line rescue

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China offers medical supplies to Sri Lanka

Hu Wei, chargé d'affaires of the Chinese embassy in Sri Lanka, has handed over a list of medical supplies donation from China to Sri Lanka. Hu, during his courtesy cal

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6.9-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Ogasawara Islands

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 struck off the west coast of Japan's Ogasawara Islands on Saturday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The quake happened at 17:26 JST (0826 GMT

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M7.0 quake strikes off Japan's Hokkaido, Russia's Kuril Islands

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan's Hokkaido Prefecture and Russia's Kuril Islands on Thursday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) and the U.S. Geological Survey.Accordin

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7.0-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Hokkaido and Russia's Kuril Islands

An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 on Thursday struck off Japan's Hokkaido Prefecture and Russia's Kuril Islands, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)

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M5.5 earthquake hits Japan's Fukushima Prefecture

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 on Wednesday struck off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).No tsunami alert has been issued yet.

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6.2 magnitude earthquake strikes near Indonesia's Aceh Province: USGS

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck the southwest of Indonesia's Aceh Province on the island of Sumatra on Tuesday, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.The epicenter was recorded at a depth of 20.3 km,

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Alaska hit by 7.9 earthquake; tsunami warning canceled

ApowerfulearthquakestruckoffanislandintheGulfofAlaska,promptingatsunamithreatthatsentthestate’sresidentsalongthesoutherncoastandwesternCanadafleeingforhighergro

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Papua New Guinea : Ancient skull may be oldest-known tsunami victim

The6,000-year-oldhumanskulldiscoveredinPapuaNewGuineain1929wasmostlikelythatofsomeonewhodiedinacatastrophictsunami,alatestAustralian-ledgeologicalanalysishasfou

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Ancient skull may be oldest-known tsunami victim

ScientistsbelieveapartialskullunearthedinPapuaNewGuineain1929maybelongtotheearliestknownhumantsunamivictim.ResearcherssaidonWednesdaythatnewexaminationsofthesed

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Tsunami carried a million sea creatures from Japan to US west coast

Thedeadlytsunamithatstrucknorth-eastJapanin2011hascarriedalmost300speciesofsealifethousandsofmilesacrossthePacificOceantothewestcoastoftheUnitedStates.Inwhatexp

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Former Tepco executives plead not guilty in first Fukushima case

ThreeformerexecutivesofTokyoElectricPower(Tepco)onFridaypleadednotguiltytoprofessionalnegligenceleadingtothe2011Fukushimanucleardisaster,thoughananalystsaidther