Tag: Tsunami
Strong 6.1-magnitude quake rocks western Indonesia
JAKARTA: A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the Indonesian island of Mentawai on Saturday, but no tsunami warning was issued.
The earthquake hit at a...
PM Khan assures support to Indonesia after devastating tsunami
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan had a telephone conversation with Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Monday in which he assured him of Pakistan's full...
Pakistan stands by Indonesia in testing times, says FO
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) on Sunday expressed its sadness over the loss of precious lives in a tsunami following a volcanic eruption in...
‘Volcano’ tsunami kills at least 222 in Indonesia
JAKARTA: A tsunami following a volcanic eruption has killed at least 222 people when it slammed without warning into popular beaches around Indonesia's Sunda...
Foreign aid picks up for Indonesia’s desperate quake survivors
PALU: International efforts to help survivors of Indonesia’s devastating earthquake and tsunami gathered pace on Thursday as concern grew for hundreds of thousands with...
Indonesia rushes aid to Sulawesi as death toll from quake, tsunami...
PALU: Indonesian authorities scrambled on Monday to get aid and rescue equipment into quake-hit Sulawesi island, and prepared to bury some of the more...
Indonesia quake, tsunami deaths climb to 384
PALU: Indonesian television and other media, citing disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, says the death toll from the Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami has...
Indonesian city hit by tsunami after powerful quake
MAKASSAR: A powerful earthquake hit central Indonesia on Friday, causing a tsunami that slammed into a city on Sulawesi island with officials saying the...
Alaska earthquake prompts tsunami warning
ALASKA: A tsunami warning has been issued for coastal areas of Alaska and British Columbia from the border of Washington State to Attu, Alaska, the...
Strong quake shakes Caribbean, sparks tsunami warning
TEGUCIGALPA: An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 that struck near remote islands belonging to Honduras on Tuesday was felt across northern Central America, prompting a...
Tsunami waves detected in New Caledonia, Vanuatu after earthquake
SYDNEY: A powerful magnitude 7 undersea earthquake struck east of New Caledonia’s Loyalty Islands in the South Pacific on Monday, sending small tsunamis towards New...
Strong earthquake hits Indonesia, no tsunami warning
JAKARTA: A strong 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of eastern Indonesia on Tuesday, US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued and...
Dozens dead as magnitude 8.4 quake rocks Mexico
A tsunami warning and the prospect of aftershocks kept the nation on alert.
Twelve years after Asia tsunami, 400 bodies unidentified in Thailand
At least 400 victims of Asia's 2004 tsunami that killed 226,000 people remain unidentified in Thailand 12 years on, police said on Monday.
The 9.15...
Strong quake hits Japan, triggers Fukushima tsunami
A powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit northeastern Japan on Tuesday, triggering tsunamis along the coast including a one-metre (3.3-foot) wave that crashed ashore at the...
Karachi’s mangroves, defence against storms and tsunamis, threatened
Experts fear that loss of the natural barrier formed by the mangroves could put the city of nearly 20 million people at greater risk from violent storms and even tsunamis.
Prayers and tears as Asia mourns tsunami dead 10 years on
Prayers, tears and solemn visits to mass graves marked commemorations Friday across tsunami-hit nations for the 220,000 people who perished when giant waves decimated...
