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Pacific tsunami warning lifted

Auckland : New Zealand | about 1 month ago  
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  • Two powerful earthquakes triggered a tsunami alert over a huge swathe of the South Pacific Thursday,
    Two powerful earthquakes triggered a tsunami alert over a huge swathe ...
    Source: AFP
Two powerful earthquakes triggered a tsunami alert over a huge swathe ...
Three earthquakes hit off the coast of Vanuatu this morning, shaking many islands and prompting the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre to issue a region-wide alert. The latest quake measured 8.1 on the Richter scale and struck 300 kilometres north-west of the Vanuatu island of Espiritu Santo.
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  • News Source: The Daily Telegraph | about 1 month ago
    The region has been pummelled by some 20 aftershocks since yesterday's triple tremors measuring 7.6, 7.8 and 7.3 sparked a tsunami warning for much of the South Pacific, sending thousands of residents fleeing from the coast. The Pacific is still...
  • News Source: Wellington Dominion | about 1 month ago
    Links between earthquakes which have struck Samoa, Indonesia and now Vanuatu cannot be ruled out, an international expert says. New Zealand could not afford to relax its guard against earthquakes and tsunamis, the director of the Pacific Tsunami...
  • News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation | about 1 month ago
    Three earthquakes hit off the coast of Vanuatu this morning, shaking many islands and prompting the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre to issue a region-wide alert. The latest quake measured 8.1 on the Richter scale and struck 300 kilometres north-west...
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  • Blog Source: pacific.scoop.co.nz
    Earlier on Wednesday, a 6.7-magnitude quake struck off the Philippines, but no tsunami warning was issued. Shortly after the earthquake off Vanuatu struck at 2203 GMT, the Pacific warning centre issued an alert for the Marshall Islands, ...
  • Blog Source: blog.taragana.com
    The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a regional tsunami warning for 11 nations and territories after a quake with a magnitude of 7.8 struck 183 miles (294 kilometers) northwest of the Vanuatu island of Santo at a ... Thursday's
  • Blog Source: www.techhairball.com
    Three major earthquakes struck within an hour and 10 minutes Thursday morning near Vanuatu in the South Pacific, prompting a tsunami warning that was quickly lifted. Thursday's quakes struck near Vanuatu in the South Pacific. ...
  • Blog Source: www.weatherwatch.co.nz
    The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre has issued a warning for Pacific Islands and Papua New Guinea after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck off Vanuatu. New Zealand, Samoa and Australia are among places on tsunami watch. The centre says it is not known
  • Blog Source: kreuzer33.wordpress.com
    Four More Earthquakes Hit South Pacific. According to the USGS, for the fourth time in less than 11 hours, a major earthquake rocked the South Pacific Ocean today. Tsunami warnings were issued but lifted shortly following. From CNNS: ... The
  • Blog Source: www.usposttoday.com
    (CNN) — Two major earthquakes struck an hour and 10 minutes apart Thursday morning near the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean, prompting a tsunami warning that was quickly lifted, the U.S. Geological Survey said. ...
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  • Posted By spike-breaker08 spike-breaker08 | about 1 month ago
    i do hope no tsunami will break in..
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