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Strong Earthquake that Sparked Tsunami Warning Leaves 1 Dead amid Widespread Panic in Philippines

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A powerful earthquake that shook the southern Philippines killed at least one villager and injured several others as thousands scrambled out of their homes in panic and jammed roads to higher grounds after a tsunami warning …

7.6 Quake Damages Buildings in Indonesia, Felt in Australia

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A powerful deep-sea earthquake damaged village buildings in a lightly populated island chain in eastern Indonesia early Tuesday and was widely felt in northern Australia. Two school buildings and 124 houses were damaged in Indonesia’s Tanimbar …

Hawaii Town Blocked by Landslide Launches Makeshift Ferry

HONOLULU (AP) — Volunteers on Kauai’s north shore have launched a makeshift ferry service across a river after a landslide along a two-lane highway cut several towns off from the rest of the island. The boats are taking people across …

Alaska Earthquake Reveals Complexity of Tsunami Warnings

The powerful earthquake that struck beneath the Gulf of Alaska early Tuesday generated a tsunami, but before gauges could show that it was very small, warnings went out to a vast swath of the state and British Columbia, while a …

El Salvador, Nicaragua Shaken by 7.3 Magnitude Quake

According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, on Monday night at 9:51 p.m. local time, a powerful M7.3 earthquake struck off the coast near the border of El Salvador and Nicaragua. The earthquake was the result of normal faulting in …

7.3 Earthquake Strikes Off Japan; Little Damage Reported: AIR

According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Japan today, 270 kilometers from the Japanese city of Sendai, at 18:18:24 local time. The event struck in the same plate boundary region …

Powerful Earthquake Off British Columbia Causes Little Damage: AIR

According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck off British Columbia’s north-central coast, shaking regions as far away as Edmonton and Yukon. According to the United States Geological Survey, the earthquake, which struck at a …

Strong Earthquake Rattles Tsunami-Weary Japan

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 hit Japan’s northeastern coast on Sunday, prompting a brief tsunami warning for the area still recovering from a devastating quake and killer wave four months ago. Residents in coastal areas were warned …