Indonesia experiences frequent seismic and volcanic activity due to its position on the Pacific “Ring of Fire”
The tsunami triggered by Tuesday’s major earthquake in northeastern Japan was caused by a vertical split of an undersea rock block at a relatively shallow point under the seabed, the government said.
Tsunami alert downgraded, but Tepco says biggest risk now is contaminated water being carried away with the waves, which pollutes the environment
The bereaved families of 23 children, swept away in a devastating tsunami five years ago, will be compensated 1.4 billion Japanese yen (S$18.7 million) by the governments of Miyagi prefecture and Ishinomaki city, a Japan court ruled on Wednesday (Oct 26).
Indian archaeologists have discovered the world's first ancient urban settlement in the western state of Gujarat, local media reported on Tuesday.
Tsunami evacuation drills were held Thursday in Haikou, capital of south China's island province of Hainan, beginning a week of awareness campaign on oceanic disaster prevention and reduction.
All of Indonesia's early warning system buoys were damaged when a 7.8 magnitude quake jolted the western coast of Sumatra island on Wednesday night, hampering the authorities to precisely detect the emerge of tsunami, an official from the national disaster agency said Thursday.
Indonesian authorities issued the tsunami warning system in Padang, capital of West Sumatra province, following a major earthquake which is feared to trigger tsunami.
Community living along the west coast of Sumatra Island of Indonesia are on alert of possible tsunami after a powerful quake, measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale, rocked the areas, officials said.
Natural disasters bring vulnerabilities of developing countries into sharper focus. In Asia 2014 has been a whirlwind of typhoons, droughts, floods and the inevitable human devastation they create, leaving behind wrecked economies and lives.
The U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center downgraded the tsunami warning to a tsunami advisory Monday afternoon after an 8.0-magnitude earthquake struck in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska.
Five people have died in a 8.2-magnitude earthquake that hit off the northern coast of Chile Tuesday, according to Interior Minister Rodrigo Penailillo, and thousands of people have been evacuated due to a tsunami alert.
Parts of New Zealand could be exposed to tsunami that could be 50 percent bigger than previous estimates, government scientists warned Monday.
Japan on Monday marked the second anniversary of 2011 devastating earthquake and tsunami which destroyed the country's northeast part and triggered the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl crisis in 1986.
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