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Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes off Vancouver Island

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck off Vancouver Island on Saturday, some 209 miles west of Victoria, the capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There was a report on the USGS website of the [...]

Posted On : Feb, 05 2012 | Comments : 0

Aussies react as large earthquake shakes holiday island of B...

Indonesian authorities said the quake, which struck at 2.16pm AEDT and was centred 100km southwest of Denpasar, had a magnitude of 6.8 and struck at a depth of 10km. However, the USGS put the magnitude at 6.0 and the depth at 61km. A [...]

Posted On : Oct, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Earthquake rattles Vancouver Island

A magnitude-6.4 earthquake off Vancouver Island on Friday left residents from the B.C. coast to the interior feeling the shakes but caused no injuries or damage to buildings. There were no tsunami warnings but earthquake officials said af [...]

Posted On : Sep, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Earthquake hits waters off coast of Indonesian island of Sum...

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra island early Tuesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. No tsunami alert was immediately issued and there were no reports of damage or casualties. [...]

Posted On : Aug, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

North Island 'silent earthquake' risk studied

The possibility of a magnitude nine earthquake off the east coast of the North Island cannot be ruled out by scientists planning a new research project to study tremors in the area. Scientists are hoping to study the phenomena of "si [...]

Posted On : Aug, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Magnitude 6.2 earthquake shakes Solomon Islands?

A magnitude-6.2 earthquake rattled the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean northeast of Australia on Thursday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, and no tsunami warning was [...]

Posted On : Jul, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

7.4 Earthquake hits Alaskan island: Tsunami warning issued

The West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning for the coastal areas of Alaska on Thursday evening after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake was recorded in the Pacific Ocean off Alaska. The earthquake occurred 20 m [...]

Posted On : Jun, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Doors still closed on cyclone-hit Dunk Island

Dunk Island, off the coast near Tully, north of Townsville, took a direct hit from Yasi four months ago but major repair work has yet to begin. The beach has dropped metres away from the jetty and every building has suffered damage. The o [...]

Posted On : May, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

Magnitude 6.2 earthquake near Solomon Islands, Papua New Gui...

A magnitude-6.2 earthquake rumbled under the Pacific Ocean south of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands on Tuesday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, but no tsunami alert was issued. There were no immediate reports o [...]

Posted On : Feb, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Strong earthquake rattles North Island

A large 5.9 magnitude earthquake rocked Taupo and was felt throughout the North Island early this morning. The magnitude 5.9 quake struck at 4.02 am, 30km north of Taupo, at a depth of 150km, GNS Science reported. The quake was widely fe [...]

Posted On : Jan, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Undersea earthquake strikes to the west of the islands of Va...

The earthquake struck at 4.54pm (AEST) at latitude 19.490S, longitude 168.410E, The Courier-Mail reports. The Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre said in a statement that there was no tsunami threat to the Australian mainland, island [...]

Posted On : Dec, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Indonesia’s eastern islands bombarded by earthquakes today

At 11:45 am today, another Indonesian island is struck by a 5.8 magnitude earthquake. Epicenter is located at 100 km northwest of Manokwari in Papua, Indonesia. A 5.6 magnitude earthquake shook the Aru Islands of Indonesia [...]

Posted On : Sep, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

Mild earthquake hits Andaman Islands again

A moderate earthquake measuring up to 5.2 on the Richter scale again hits the Andaman islands on Friday, Jul 2, Meteorologists said.The quake hit the islands in night around 11:53 pm. However as of now no damages to life, property and ts [...]

Posted On : Jul, 03 2010 | Comments : 0

Strong earthquake hits off Indonesian island of Sumatra

The US Geological Survey said the quake hit at a depth of 18.1 km (11.2 miles) at 1629 GMT - 137km (85 miles) from the port city of Bengkulu. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said [...]