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News Source: GMA News
| about 1 year ago
Australia and the Philippines signed agreements Friday enabling them to receive real-time data on any earthquake that could cause a tsunami, information that would come from an organization overseeing a treaty banning nuclear explosions. The Vienna-...
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News Source: BBC
| about 1 year ago
The first, which had a magnitude of 6.6, occurred at 0902 (0002 GMT) about 120km (75 miles) north of the city of Ternate, the US Geological Survey said. A few minutes later, a 7.2-magnitude quake hit Hokkaido's coast, 220km (135 miles) east of the...
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News Source: Asian Age
| about 1 year ago
s Zia walked out of the prison where she had been held since September 3 2007, at about 11.30 am local time (0530 GMT). "She has been released from the jail," Mr Khan said. âAFP *** Magnitude 7 quake hits northern Japan Tokyo, Sept. 11: A...
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News Source: Japan Today
| about 1 year ago
An earthquake registering a preliminary magnitude of 7 jolted Hokkaido on Thursday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The agency issued a tsunami warning along the Pacific coast of northern Japan after the 9:21 a.m. quake. Hokkaido police...
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News Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| about 1 year ago
owerful earthquakes rocked parts of Japan and Indonesia Thursday, prompting tsunami alerts in both countries that were later lifted. A warning was issued in Japan after a 7.0-magnitude quake struck off the eastern coast of Hokkaido, the country's...
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News Source: The Nation
| about 1 year ago
olice said there were no reports of injuries or damage from the affected island of Hokkaido, but about 10,000 residents in Hokkaido and Iwate prefectures were temporarily advised to evacuate when a tsunami warning was issued. The Japan...
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News Source: Contra Costa Times
| about 1 year ago
Indonesia — A powerful earthquake rattled northeastern Indonesia on Thursday, briefly triggering a tsunami alert and sending panicked residents fleeing from homes and buildings, officials said. The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 and...
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News Source: News 24
| about 1 year ago
At least seven people were killed and 47 injured in the powerful earthquake that struck southern Iran on Wednesday, the Mehr news agency reported on Thursday. "Based on the latest information, seven people were killed and 47 have been injured," the...
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News Source: Inquirer.net
| about 1 year ago
Powerful earthquakes hit Japan and Indonesia on Thursday, setting off warnings of tsunami waves but causing no injuries or damage, officials said. The Asian nations are among the most earthquake-prone in the world and both have fresh memories of...
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News Source: Sify News
| about 1 year ago
Indonesia issued a tsunami warning after a magnitude-7.6 undersea earthquake struck on Thursday morning in North Maluku province and nearby eastern regions, triggering panic among residents and office workers, seismologists and officials said.