6.1 earthquake hits off Japan’s coast—USGS
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the south coast of Japan’s main Honshu island on Sunday, the United States Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued.
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the south coast of Japan’s main Honshu island on Sunday, the United States Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported no threat of a tsunami from the magnitude 6.6 earthquake that shook the Solomon Islands on Sunday morning.
Japan has observed a moment of silence to remember the nearly 19,000 people who died in the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck two years ago.
A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea Monday, the US Geological Survey reported, but a tsunami warning was not issued and seismologists said it was unlikely to have caused any major damage.
Powerful aftershocks continued to rattle the Solomon Islands Sunday as aid agencies struggled to get a clear picture of the devastation four days after a 8.0-magnitude quake triggered a deadly tsunami.
Aid workers struggled to reach remote, tsunami-ravaged villages in the Solomon Islands on Thursday, as the death toll rose with more bodies found in wrecked homes and debris in the South Pacific island chain.
A major 8.0 magnitude earthquake jolted the Solomon Islands Wednesday with small tsunami waves buffeting Pacific coastlines, leaving at least five people dead and dozens of homes damaged or destroyed.
A powerful earthquake off the Solomon Islands generated a tsunami of up to 1.5 meters (about 5 feet) that damaged dozens of homes in the South Pacific island chain Wednesday, but authorities canceled warnings for tsunamis on more distant coasts.
A major 8.0 magnitude earthquake was feared to have flattened villages in the Solomon Islands Wednesday, and triggered a tsunami with destructive potential for Pacific nations’ coasts, monitors said.
A tsunami alert has been issued for several South Pacific islands after a strong earthquake struck near the Solomon Islands.
The largest nuclear power plant in the world may be forced to shut down under tightened rules proposed by Japan’s new nuclear watchdog aimed at safeguarding against earthquakes, a report said Friday.
A local but possibly destructive tsunami has been generated by a major 7.7-magnitude earthquake that shook an area in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the US state of Alaska early Saturday, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.
Japanese authorities issued a tsunami alert for the northeast coast Friday after a powerful 7.3-magnitude undersea earthquake struck, setting buildings in Tokyo swaying violently.
