Powerful quake off Tonga but no tsunami threat
Wellington - A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.8 on the Richter scale shook the Pacific island state of Tonga early Wednesday but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no threat ...
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6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesia's Papua
Jakarta - An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale struck Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua late Thursday, meteorologists said. The quake occurred on land at a depth of 91 kilometres, about 160 kilometres south-west of Papua's capital...
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Earthquake rattles Greek Ionian islands
Athens - An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale shook the Greek Ionian islands on Wednesday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The underwater quake was recorded at 11:51 am (0951 GMT). It had an epicentre 300 kilome...
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Earthquake rattles Greek island of Evia
Athens - An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale shook the Greek Aegean island of Evia on Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The underwater quake was recorded at 9:26 am (0726 GMT). It had an epicentre 70 ki...
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Magnitude 6.5 earthquake off Canada's west coast
New York - A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck Tuesday morning off Canada's western coast, but there were no reports of casualties or damage. The quake took place in the Queen Charlotte Islands region, at a depth of 13 kilometres, and about 260 kilomet...
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Quake shakes southern Iranian port, 270 injured
Tehran - An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.9 on the Richter scale shook the southern Iranian port of Bandar Abbas Wednesday and injured at least 270 people, state media reported. The quake occurred in the early morning hours of Wednesday and led to...
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Earthquake hits south-west Japan
Tokyo - An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale shook south-west Japan on Friday. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties and the authorities did not issue a tsunami warning. ...
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Powerful quake rattles Indonesia's Sumbawa Island
Washington/Jakarta - An earthquake registering a magnitude of 6.7 on the Richter scale shook the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, the US Geological Survey reported early Monday. The epicentre was in the eastern part of the island, which lies about 1,300...
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One dead, two missing in Costa Rica earthquake
San Jose - One person died and two were reported missing after a magnitude-5.3 earthquake struck Costa Rica, the local Red Cross said. It said a young woman was buried by a landslide in the southern community of San Vito de Coto Brus on Friday. Two o...
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6.1-magnitude earthquake strikes eastern Indonesia
Jakarta - Another strong earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale struck a remote eastern Indonesian island of Sumba in East Nusa Tenggara Sunday morning, but there were no immediate reports of injury and damage, meteorologists said. The quake t...
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Tsunami warning lifted in Indonesia - Summary
Jakarta - Authorities lifted a tsunami warning after tidal waves did not materialize late Saturday following a powerful earthquake, measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale, which struck the Maluku islands in eastern Indonesia, seismologists said. The quak...
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Earthquake rattles Greek Ionian islands
Athens - An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale shook the Greek Ionian islands on Tuesday, but caused no immediate injuries or damage, the Geodynamic Institute said. The quake recorded at 7:20 am (0520 GMT) had an epicentre 334 kilometres w...
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One killed, 82 injured in Indonesia quake - Summary
Jakarta - One person was killed and 82 people were injured when when a powerful earthquake struck Monday off Indonesia's Sumbawa island, officials said. Dozens of homes and other buildings were damaged in Bima district of West Nusa Tenggara province ...
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Strong quake rocks Indonesia's Sulawesi island
Jakarta - A magnitude-6.1 earthquake rocked Indonesia's Sulawesi island on Friday, the United States Geological Survey said. The quake struck at 2:33 am (1833 GMT Thursday) at a depth 10 kilometres, the USGS said. Its epicentre was located 216 kilome...
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