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2022 Tonga Eruption: Public Observations and Scientific Data Illuminate Hunga Volcano's Global Impact
The Hunga volcano eruption near Tonga on January 15, 2022, sent shockwaves and tsunamis across the globe, creating low, booming sounds heard as far away as Alaska. In New Zealand, more than 2,100 public observations of the eruption, from rumbling sounds to animals reacting, helped scientists at GNS Science cross-verify seismic and atmospheric data....
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India Announces $2 Lakh Immediate Relief Assistance To Tonga After Tsunami
The Government of India extends immediate relief assistance of USD 200,000 to support relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction efforts in the Kingdom of Tonga in the wake of Tsunami, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) informed on Tuesday.
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India's Tsunami Forecasting Tech Gets A Big Upgrade, Could Save Thousands
India would now be able to foretell the distance a destructive sea wave would travel after it breaches the coast, a prediction that can greatly reduce loss of life and property.
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India Extends Tsunami Warning Services to Sri Lanka, Seychelles
India has extended its tsunami early warning system services to Sri Lanka and the Seychelles.
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Earthquake hits remote Alaska waters, no tsunami warning issued
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake has rocked Alaska's Aleutian Islands with a jet-like rumble that shook homes and sent residents scrambling for cover.
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People turn ever more to web in times of crisis
The earthquake off the coast of Japan and the resulting tsunami has proven, yet again, how the Internet offers an information lifeline to the world in a time of crisis.The Internet was designed so that US military communications could withstand...
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Tech companies pitch in on earthquake response
Google, Twitter and other technology companies are finding ways to help following last week's earthquake in Japan.Google Inc. has an online "person finder" for people seeking information about a missing person.Microsoft Corp. is offering free technical support and temporary software...
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Japan hid dangers of nuclear disaster, finds probe
An independent investigation has found that Japan's government withheld information about the full danger of last year's Fukushima nuclear plant disaster from its own people and from its key ally the United States. A report by the Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation says the decision may have put U.S.-Japan relations at risk in the first days after...
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Japan's strict building codes saved lives
From seawalls that line stretches of Japan's coastline, to skyscrapers that sway to absorb earthquakes, to building codes that are among the world's most rigorous, no country may be better prepared to withstand earthquakes than Japan. Had any other populous country suffered the 8.9 magnitude earthquake that shook Japan on Friday, tens of thousands ...
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Japan issues emergency at nuke plant; no leak
Japan declared a state of emergency Friday at a nuclear power plant after its cooling system failed following a massive earthquake. There was no radiation leak.Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said the measure was a precaution and that the Fukushima No.1 power plant was not in immediate danger. The plant has shut down.The plant experienced a mec...
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2022 Tonga Eruption: Public Observations and Scientific Data Illuminate Hunga Volcano's Global Impact
The Hunga volcano eruption near Tonga on January 15, 2022, sent shockwaves and tsunamis across the globe, creating low, booming sounds heard as far away as Alaska. In New Zealand, more than 2,100 public observations of the eruption, from rumbling sounds to animals reacting, helped scientists at GNS Science cross-verify seismic and atmospheric data....
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India Announces $2 Lakh Immediate Relief Assistance To Tonga After Tsunami
The Government of India extends immediate relief assistance of USD 200,000 to support relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction efforts in the Kingdom of Tonga in the wake of Tsunami, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) informed on Tuesday.
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India's Tsunami Forecasting Tech Gets A Big Upgrade, Could Save Thousands
India would now be able to foretell the distance a destructive sea wave would travel after it breaches the coast, a prediction that can greatly reduce loss of life and property.
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India Extends Tsunami Warning Services to Sri Lanka, Seychelles
India has extended its tsunami early warning system services to Sri Lanka and the Seychelles.
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Earthquake hits remote Alaska waters, no tsunami warning issued
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake has rocked Alaska's Aleutian Islands with a jet-like rumble that shook homes and sent residents scrambling for cover.
-
People turn ever more to web in times of crisis
The earthquake off the coast of Japan and the resulting tsunami has proven, yet again, how the Internet offers an information lifeline to the world in a time of crisis.The Internet was designed so that US military communications could withstand...
-
Tech companies pitch in on earthquake response
Google, Twitter and other technology companies are finding ways to help following last week's earthquake in Japan.Google Inc. has an online "person finder" for people seeking information about a missing person.Microsoft Corp. is offering free technical support and temporary software...
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Japan hid dangers of nuclear disaster, finds probe
An independent investigation has found that Japan's government withheld information about the full danger of last year's Fukushima nuclear plant disaster from its own people and from its key ally the United States. A report by the Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation says the decision may have put U.S.-Japan relations at risk in the first days after...
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Japan's strict building codes saved lives
From seawalls that line stretches of Japan's coastline, to skyscrapers that sway to absorb earthquakes, to building codes that are among the world's most rigorous, no country may be better prepared to withstand earthquakes than Japan. Had any other populous country suffered the 8.9 magnitude earthquake that shook Japan on Friday, tens of thousands ...
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Japan issues emergency at nuke plant; no leak
Japan declared a state of emergency Friday at a nuclear power plant after its cooling system failed following a massive earthquake. There was no radiation leak.Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said the measure was a precaution and that the Fukushima No.1 power plant was not in immediate danger. The plant has shut down.The plant experienced a mec...
