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5/9/2022 10:02:55 AM
A strong earthquake shook seas between eastern Taiwan and southwestern Japan on Monday, but authorities said there was no danger of a tsunami. Light shaking was felt in Taipei, but no damage has been reported.
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3/17/2022 11:35:29 AM
Four people were reported dead and more than 100 injured in Japan on Thursday after a powerful overnight earthquake rattled large parts of the east coast and prompted a tsunami warning, authorities said.
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1/22/2022 8:07:06 PM
Three flights from Australia carrying food, water, medical supplies and telecommunications equipment landed in Tonga on Saturday, as the Pacific nation grapples with the aftermath of an underwater volcanic eruption and tsunami.
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1/18/2022 5:25:18 PM
A volcano that exploded in the Pacific island nation of Tonga has almost disappeared from view, new images revealed Tuesday, with swathes of the country smothered in grey dust or damaged by a tsunami.
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1/16/2022 9:33:21 AM
A massive volcanic eruption in Tonga that triggered tsunami waves around the Pacific caused "significant damage" to the island nation's capital and smothered it in dust, but the full extent was not apparent with communications still cut off on Sunday.
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1/15/2022 9:07:30 PM
Tsunami reached Japan late Saturday through early Sunday, and waves as high as three meters were possible, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, hours after a massive volcanic eruption near Tonga.
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1/15/2022 7:02:09 PM
Tsunami warnings were issued Saturday for the entire US West Coast after a massive volcanic eruption across the Pacific Ocean in Tonga, with tsunami waves triggering low-level flooding in Hawaii.
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1/15/2022 11:22:04 AM
Large waves crashed ashore in Tonga Saturday after a massive volcanic eruption that was heard in neighbouring countries triggered the area's second tsunami in as many days.
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1/6/2022 7:23:40 PM
The World Health Organization said Thursday a record 9.5 million cases of COVID-19 were tallied around the world over the last week, noting a 71% surge in the weekly count of infections amounting to a ‘tsunami’ as the new omicron variant sweeps worldwide.
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12/30/2021 10:31:54 AM
A Covid "tsunami" threatens to overwhelm healthcare systems, the WHO said Wednesday, as record surges fuelled by the Omicron variant dampened New Year celebrations around the world once again.
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10/7/2021 5:35:06 PM
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake shook the Japanese capital Tokyo and surrounding areas on Thursday evening, but no tsunami warning was issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
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7/6/2021 11:39:18 AM
More than 600 Covid patients are in intensive care units around the country, and authorities have set up field hospitals to cope with a crisis they have compared to a "tsunami".
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4/10/2021 7:13:34 PM
A strong earthquake killed at least eight people, injured 23 others and damaged more than 300 buildings on Indonesia's main island of Java and was also felt on the tourist hotspot of Bali
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4/10/2021 9:53:31 AM
Indonesia's geophysics agency BMKG recorded the magnitude at 6.1 and at a depth of 80 km, saying it did not have a potential to trigger a tsunami
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3/20/2021 2:15:00 PM
Japan's Meteorological Agency issued an advisory for a tsunami up to 1 meter (yard) in height for Miyagi prefecture immediately after the quake, but lifted it about 90 minutes later
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2/10/2021 4:48:50 PM
A powerful undersea earthquake has struck north of New Zealand, prompting a tsunami watch in the region
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12/13/2020 1:25:17 PM
The decision 'has the impact of a tsunami,' said Serge Berdugo, secretary-general of the Council of Jewish Communities of Morocco
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10/31/2020 6:44:57 PM
The Friday afternoon quake that struck Turkey's Aegean coast and north of the Greek island of Samos registered a magnitude that Turkish authorities put at 6.6 while other seismology institutes said it measured 6.9.
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World
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10/31/2020 9:24:18 AM
The quake hit Friday afternoon, toppling buildings in Izmir, Turkey's third-largest city, and triggering a small tsunami in the district of Seferihisar and on Samos. The quake was followed by hundreds of aftershocks
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Opinion
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10/22/2020 10:20:14 AM
America’s swing states will decide who will win the US presidential elections on 3 November, with both candidates now focusing their campaigns on winning over key constituencies
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