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    Magnitude 7.4 quake hits Alaska Peninsula, tsunami warning issued

    16 Jul 2023

    The US Tsunami Warning System issued a tsunami warning for regions of the Pacific located close to the earthquake. The quake was a relatively shallow one, striking at a depth of 9.3 km (5.78 miles), USGS said.

    Thousands in Indonesia pray on 15th anniversary of tsunami

    26 Dec 2019

    The massive Dec. 26, 2004, tsunami was triggered by a magnitude 9.1 earthquake off Sumatra island. The giant wall of water killed about 230,000 people in a dozen countries as far away as East Africa. Indonesia's Aceh province, which was closest to the earthquake, was hit first and hardest.

    VIDEO: Indonesian village turns bloody after ‘end of the world’ rain

    06 Feb 2021

    Thousands of users on Twitter shared photos and videos of the village south of Pekalongan city in Central Java being flooded by crimson-coloured water, which some social media users said reminded them of blood.

    Powerful earthquake jolts western Indonesia, tsunami alert issued

    25 Apr 2023

    The earthquake happened at 3am on Tuesday Jakarta Time (2000 GMT Monday), with the epicenter at 177km northwest in Mentawai Islands district and a depth of 84km under the seabed, Xinhua news agency reported.

    Tonga tsunami high alert after undersea volcano erupts

    15 Jan 2022

    The latest eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano came just a few hours after Friday's tsunami warning was lifted. It lasted at least eight minutes and sent plumes of gas, ash and smoke several kilometres into the air

    Magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes Kermadec Islands, no tsunami risk to New Zealand

    29 Jan 2022

    NEMA and GNS Science were quick to assess the risk of a tsunami, and in an update NEMA says coastal inundation — the flooding of land areas — is not expected as a result.

    Tsunami-hit Tonga islands suffered extensive damage, death toll may rise

    18 Jan 2022

    Tonga police told the New Zealand High Commission that the confirmed death toll stood at two but with communications in the South Pacific island nation cut, the true extent of casualties was not clear.

    Impact assessment, aid efforts underway as world responds to Tonga tsunami

    17 Jan 2022

    An underwater volcano off Tonga erupted on Saturday, triggering a tsunami on the shores of Tonga and cutting off phone and internet lines for the entire island.

    Tsunami warning issued after 6.1-magnitude quake strikes off East Timor

    28 May 2022

    USGS said the quake struck at a depth of 51.4 kilometres (32 miles) off the eastern tip of Timor Island, which is split between East Timor and Indonesia.

    All-out efforts needed to end hate speech

    10 May 2020

    UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is absolutely correct in calling for concerted global action to quash the “tsunami” of hate speech that has risen alongside the COVID-19 pandemic.

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