With the death toll now over 800 and still rising and cries for help amid the rubble, serious questions are being asked about the lifting of the Tsunami warning. Really, after the tragedy of 2004, even with “data available”, surely caution and common sense overrides haste? Apparently not. What’s that […]
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384 dead at the time of posting this info. Tragic. An initial tsunami warning was lifted following the 7.5 mag, 10km depth ‘quake: https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/world/2018-09-28-tsunami-warning-lifted-after-major-quake-strikes-off-indonesia/ Big mistake. Nothing learned from 2004? https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2018/09/indonesian-tsunami-s-moment-of-impact-captured-on-video.html Indonesian earthquake: At least 384 killed after 7.5 magnitude quake causes tsunami …a picture that needs no words… https://youtu.be/XUuTX0XeeZ8 […]
This just in on my MSN newsfeed: “A magnitude-5.6 earthquake has hit the West Australian town of Manjimup, about 300 kilometres south-west of Perth, with tremors felt as far away as Perth and Albany. The earthquake happened about 1:00pm (WST). There were no reports of damage. The Bureau of Meteorology […]
I grew up in Northern England and I can assure readers that this is not prime earthquake country! What’s going on here? https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/972105/UK-earthquake-hull-grimsy-lincolnshire-tremor-earthquake-in-UK-last-night https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/06/09/earthquake-felt-across-northern-england-residents-describe-underground/ https://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_uk_events.html Could this be fracking related perhaps? Or is the “underground rumble” something other than a regular seismic event. Certainly very noteworthy. 2018/06/09 22:14:29.0 53.650 -0.056 […]
A Papua New Guinea MP says he is trying to verify reports that up to 10 people died in this morning’s earthquake in Hela Province. According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck at a depth of 35 kilometres in Komo-Magarima district. It struck at 4am […]
A shallow 6.4 earthquake has struck the east coast of Taiwan, causing some buildings to collapse and killing at least two people.
An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 that struck near remote islands belonging to Honduras on Tuesday was felt across northern Central America but there were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage.
Started streaming 3 hours ago A 7.1 earthquake has hit near Mexico City. There are reports of damage and possibly collapsed buildings. This is the second big earthquake in Mexico in two weeks. We have LIVE BREAKING NEWS COVERAGE of the Mexico earthquake.
9/08/2017 — Extremely Large M8.1 earthquake strikes Mexico — Buoys showing movement in ocean
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/world/guam-hit-with-magnitude-52-earthquake/ar-AAqZvdU?ocid=spartanntp Guam, the U.S. territory that’s recently come into North Korea’s crosshairs, was thrashed by Mother Earth early Wednesday, with the island reporting a magnitude 5.2 earthquake. The U.S. Geological Survey said the temblor’s epicenter was 51.7 miles southeast of Inarajan Village, a community of about 2,300 people. The earthquake […]