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Undersea volcano eruption off the Tongatapu coast of Tonga

Major Pacific earthquake prompts tsunami warning

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created Mar 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A major 7.9-magnitude earthquake has shaken the South Pacific nation of Tonga and sending people in low lying areas of Fiji fleeing for higher ground after a tsunami warning, according to officials.





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Tsunami not yet detected: expert

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created Apr 02, 2007 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Although the Bureau of Metereology had issued a tsunami warning, at this stage a tsunami had not yet been detected, a University of Queensland geophysicist said this morning.


Tsunami-warning buoys launched in Pacific

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created Dec 30, 2006 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Six new tsunami reporting stations were deployed in the Pacific Ocean, providing more lead time for U.S. areas at the greatest risk, federal officials said.


Samoan tsunami was too close to prevent deaths: research

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created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Samoa's tsunami detection, monitoring and warning system works well and could not have prevented the more than 100 deaths caused by the devastating tsunami that hit the region on September 29, a major international ...


Mathematicians provide new insight into tsunamis

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created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

A new mathematical formula that could be used to give advance warning of where a tsunami is likely to hit and how destructive it will be has been worked out by scientists at Newcastle University.


Pacific tsunami threat greater than expected

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created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 0

The potential for a huge Pacific Ocean tsunami on the West Coast of America may be greater than previously thought, according to a new study of geological evidence along the Gulf of Alaska coast.


Conditions combined for devastating tsunami (AP)

Conditions combined for devastating tsunami

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created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Because of a lethal combination of geology and geography, the people of American Samoa didn't stand much of a chance. Almost every condition that triggers bad tsunamis was in place this time, generating ...


Australian continent to blame for Samoa, Sumatra quakes

Australian continent to blame for Samoa, Sumatra quakes

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created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The recent earthquakes in the Pacific and Indonesia have one University of Queensland researcher questioning whether the two are related.


Wu Chang Gong temple in Taiwan was partially levelled by a powerful earthquake ten years ago

Taiwan to boost quake warning system

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created Nov 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Taiwan plans to build its first undersea seismic station, designed to improve the island's early warning system and save valuable seconds when earthquakes strike, officials said.


Community education and evacuation planning saved lives in Sept. 29 Samoan tsunami

Community education and evacuation planning saved lives in Sept. 29 Samoan tsunami

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created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Community-based education and awareness programs minimized the death toll from the recent Samoan tsunami, though there are still ways to improve the warning and evacuation process, according to a team of researchers ...


Indonesian soldiers crawl under a collapsed building during a rescue attempt in the Sumatran city of Padang

Killer earthquakes shake scientific thought

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created Oct 11, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (16) | comments 14

A sudden cluster of massive earthquakes which has shaken Asia-Pacific communities and likely left thousands dead has also jolted some scientists, who are starting to question conventional thought.



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