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Magnitude 6.3 Earthquake Hits Southern Japan, No Tsunami Threat
A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit southern Japan Friday, the US Geological Survey said, but Japanese authorities said there was no tsunami threat.
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Tsunami Threat Passes After 7.2-Magnitude Earthquake Off Fiji
A shallow 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Fiji Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no reports of damage and a tsunami warning was lifted.
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Tsunami But No Damage After Powerful 7.1 Earthquake Jolts New Zealand
New Zealand issued a "potential" tsunami threat Friday after a powerful 7.1 magnitude struck off the east coast of the North Island.
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Tsunami Threat as 7.4 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Papua New Guinea
A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea on Tuesday with hazardous tsunami waves possible along the local coast, seismologists said.
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Powerful Quake Rocks Guatemala, Mexico; Two People Reported Dead
A strong earthquake shook Guatemala and southern Mexico on Monday, damaging buildings, triggering landslides and sparking reports of at least two deaths, authorities said.
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Tsunami threat lifted after big South Pacific quake
A powerful 8.0 magnitude earthquake struck near the Solomon Islands on Wednesday, triggering a small tsunami that swept into isolated island communities and sparked tsunami alerts across the South Pacific that were later cancelled.
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Indonesia earthquake: No tsunami threat to India, says national authority
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) here on Wednesday appealed to people, particularly near coastal areas to not panic as there was no tsunami threat to India, after the massive earthquake in Indonesia. "Initially there was a tsunami threat, but it is not so now. The alert was issued as a precautionary step. There is no tsunami waves ...
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Asbestos, Japan tsunami's other hidden danger
Inside the chunks of slate and wallboard smashed and scattered by Japan's tsunami hides a health risk that has been overshadowed by contamination from a leaking nuclear plant: the odorless and nearly invisible threat of asbestos.Activists have found the cancer-causing, fibrous material in the air and debris collected from the devastated northeaster...
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No tsunami threat to India: Government
The government today said there was no tsunami threat to India in the wake of the massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan. In a statement, the Home Ministry said the Hyderabad-based Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) has informed that the tsunami threat does not exist in respect of India. &nb...
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Magnitude 6.3 Earthquake Hits Southern Japan, No Tsunami Threat
A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit southern Japan Friday, the US Geological Survey said, but Japanese authorities said there was no tsunami threat.
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Tsunami Threat Passes After 7.2-Magnitude Earthquake Off Fiji
A shallow 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Fiji Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no reports of damage and a tsunami warning was lifted.
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Tsunami But No Damage After Powerful 7.1 Earthquake Jolts New Zealand
New Zealand issued a "potential" tsunami threat Friday after a powerful 7.1 magnitude struck off the east coast of the North Island.
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Tsunami Threat as 7.4 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Papua New Guinea
A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea on Tuesday with hazardous tsunami waves possible along the local coast, seismologists said.
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Powerful Quake Rocks Guatemala, Mexico; Two People Reported Dead
A strong earthquake shook Guatemala and southern Mexico on Monday, damaging buildings, triggering landslides and sparking reports of at least two deaths, authorities said.
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Tsunami threat lifted after big South Pacific quake
A powerful 8.0 magnitude earthquake struck near the Solomon Islands on Wednesday, triggering a small tsunami that swept into isolated island communities and sparked tsunami alerts across the South Pacific that were later cancelled.
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Indonesia earthquake: No tsunami threat to India, says national authority
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) here on Wednesday appealed to people, particularly near coastal areas to not panic as there was no tsunami threat to India, after the massive earthquake in Indonesia. "Initially there was a tsunami threat, but it is not so now. The alert was issued as a precautionary step. There is no tsunami waves ...
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Asbestos, Japan tsunami's other hidden danger
Inside the chunks of slate and wallboard smashed and scattered by Japan's tsunami hides a health risk that has been overshadowed by contamination from a leaking nuclear plant: the odorless and nearly invisible threat of asbestos.Activists have found the cancer-causing, fibrous material in the air and debris collected from the devastated northeaster...
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No tsunami threat to India: Government
The government today said there was no tsunami threat to India in the wake of the massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan. In a statement, the Home Ministry said the Hyderabad-based Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) has informed that the tsunami threat does not exist in respect of India. &nb...
