Earthquake shakes southwest Japan: Why are there so many tsunamis in the Pacific Ocean?
The huge wave of water known as a tsunami, can be incredibly destructive as it surges onshore carrying all but the most solid objects inland.
Pacific Daily News6d
No tsunami threat to Guam from Vanuatu earthquake
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there is no tsunami threat to Guam or the Northern Marianas from an earthquake in the Vanuatu Islands. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded an earthquake ...
Yukon News7d
Tsunami from Takhini River landslide reminds Yukon geologist of Dawson City’s risk
A rather unusually timed landslide on the Takhini River bank on the edge of Whitehorse this winter generated a “small” ...
Tempo15d
M4.9 Earthquake Jolts North Sulawesi's Tomini Bay, BMKG: No Tsunami Threats
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported that a tectonic earthquake with an updated parameter of 4.9-magnitude shook the Tomini Bay area ... Plate,” BMKG ...
Channel NewsAsia Singapore20d
Sea nomads in Thailand who survived the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 are slowly losing their identity
PHANG-NGA, Thailand: When the Indian Ocean tsunami hit the south-western coast of Thailand in 2004, it claimed over 5,000 lives. But the local indigenous Moken people miraculously survived with ...
People21d
Survivors Mark 20 Years Since World's Deadliest Tsunami with Ceremonies at Places Devastated by the 2004 Tragedy
Sirachai Arunrugstichai/Getty Thousands gathered in mourning on Thursday, Dec. 26, to mark two decades since the world’s largest tsunami. On Dec. 26, 2004, in one of the worst natural ...
Forbes22d
20 Years After The Indian Ocean Tsunami
A frame of a homemade video shows tourists caught by the first of six tsunami rolling towards Hat ... [+] Rai Lay Beach, near Krabi in southern Thailand, following a 9.2-Richter submarine ...
Indiatimes22d
2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami: 20 years on, memories of devastation linger
The tsunami was triggered by the longest faultline rupture from an earthquake ever observed, seconds before 7:59 am on December 26, 2004. Survivors and victims' relatives will this week mark the ...
The Hindu22d
2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami | The Hindu’s looks back at the tragedy after two decades
December 26, 2024, marks the 20th year since the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. The tsunami generated by the quake of magnitude 9.1 was sourced off the Sumatran coast and was the third ...
Channel NewsAsia Singapore22d
20 years after Indian Ocean tsunami, some displaced Sri Lankan survivors are still waiting for housing
COLOMBO: Twenty years after the massive Indian Ocean tsunami wreaked havoc on Sri Lanka, some survivors are still trying to pick up the pieces. Those living in poorly-constructed settlements ...
East Bay Times22d
Indonesia marks 20 years since deadly Indian Ocean tsunami
“We are here to pay respects to the people who lost their lives.” Tsunami warning lifted for Bay Area coast after magnitude 7.0 earthquake hits California coast In Sri Lanka, survivors and ...
Indiatimes22d
Airman’s great escape from deadly tsunami waves, on an LML Vespa
The tsunami lives vividly in his mind, and in the garage of his Thiruvananthapuram house, where his retired LML Vespa stands on a lofted perch, like a memorial to the surreal events of the morning ...