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Magnitude 6.1 quake shakes Tokyo area; no danger of tsunami, say officials

A powerful earthquake registering a preliminary 6.1 magnitude shook the Tokyo area on Thursday night, but officials said there was no danger of a tsunami.

From 2004 tsunami to Covid-19 pandemic: A timeline of Quad elevation

Nearly 17 years after the deadly 2004 tsunami, the Quad summit will mark a high point in a steady year-long elevation against the backdrop of China's growing economic and military strength and Covid

Parts of Alaska under tsunami warning after 8.2-magnitude quake

Meanwhile, a tsunami warning has also been issued for Hawaii

5.1-magnitude quake jolts Japan, no tsunami warning issued

An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale struck off Shimokita district in Japan's Aomori prefecture on Monday, authorities said.

America's Covid battle, revisited

Book review of THE PLAGUE YEAR: America in the Time of Covid

Warning centre cancels Hawaii tsunami watch after huge Pacific quake

The US Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre cancelled a tsunami watch Thursday for Hawaii that was issued after a huge earthquake occurred in a remote area between New Zealand and Tonga

Tsunami watch for New Zealand, Fiji after massive undersea earthquake

The magnitude of the quake was previously measured at 7.9 and 7.5 by the US Geological Survey (USGS), but was later revised to 7.7

Strong earthquake shakes western Indonesia; no tsunami alert

A strong undersea earthquake shook western Indonesia on Wednesday, but no injuries were immediately reported

6.2-magnitude earthquake jolts Indonesia, no tsunami alert issued

A strong earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale jolted Indonesia's Gorontalo province on Thursday

7.5 magnitude earthquake in Alaska triggers Tsunami, tidal wave alerts

The alert was raised by US Tsunami Warning Centers

Six Odisha districts participate in Tsunami preparedness mock drill

Half-a-dozen of Odisha districts on Tuesday participated in the annual mock drill for Tsunami preparedness in the Indian Ocean region, a top official said. The mock drill, also referred as the Indian Ocean wide Tsunami Mock Exercise (IOWave20), was this time limited due to the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic situation, to test communication channels instead of full exercise, said P.K. Jena, Additional Chief Secretary and Managing Director, Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA). The mock drill was conducted marking the International Day for Disaster Reduction Tuesday in the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Puri and Ganjam. The Special Relief Commissioner, OSDMA, District Collectors, ADMs, BDOs, Tehsildars and Sarpanchs of six districts participated in the drill. "It was a table-top exercise that focussed on Information Dissemination, said Jena, adding that the basic objective of this years drill was to measure how quickly and ...

Powerful earthquake of 6.1-magnitude jolts Japan; no tsunami warning issued

An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale struck Japan's Miyagi prefecture on Saturday, officials said, adding that no tsunami was issued

UNESCO recognises two coastal villages of Odisha as Tsunami Ready

The two coastal villages are Venkatraipur (Boxipalli) village of Rangeilunda block in Ganjam district and Noliasahi village of Ersama block in Jagatsinghpur district

For the first time, two Odisha villages to get 'tsunami ready' tag

Odisha's coastline has been ravaged by colossal cyclonic storms that have pounded its coast

Indonesia issues tsunami warning after strong quake off Sumatra and Java

Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency says residents on the Banten coast on Java island should evacuate.

Fourteen years on, what have we learned from the Indian Ocean tsunami?

Efforts to fully characterise the sequence of events have brought scientists closer to predicting such hazards well in advance

Indonesia knows tsunami threat. But it was still blindsided by killer waves

The country has no way of detecting the kind of tsunami that scientists say was generated this past weekend

Indonesia tsunami survivors remain jittery as death toll hits 429

Unlike other tsunamis that have hit disaster-prone Indonesia following large earthquakes, Saturday's big waves blasted ashore at night without warning

Tsunami death toll in Indonesia rises to 429, thousands left homeless

Disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said the death toll had climbed to 429 on Tuesday and at least 128 were missing

Food, drug supply dwindling as Indonesia tsunami survivors cram shelters

Fears about a public health crisis come as the death toll from Saturday's volcano-triggered disaster rose to nearly 400 with thousands more displaced from flattened homes