6.5-magnitude earthquake strikes off Tonga: USGS

A major test of the Pacific's tsunami warning system is underway across the region. Pacific tsunami warning tests across the region (Credit: ABC) The Pacific Wave Exercise which involves 39 Pacific Rim countries and territories started on May the ...

More than 30 Pacific Rim countries are taking part in a United Nations-backed tsunami warning exercise to improve their ability to respond to alerts and coordinate regional action in the event of a disaster. According to the UN Educational, ...

Two earthquakes have hit the Ring of Fire area, registering magnitudes of 8.2 and 5.7 and prompting a tsunami warning. Moscow felt tremors from the more powerful quake, causing some people to evacuate buildings despite the epicentre being more than ...

Tsunamis can't be stopped, but if you can warn people that one is coming you can save a lot of lives, even if it's only an extra few minutes. Currently, tsunami alerts are generated from seismic data, but even the fastest response based on the ...

A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck off Tonga on Sunday, US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued. The quake was recorded at 2046 GMT Saturday (8.45am NZT Sunday), 139 kilometres northwest of Neiafu. It had a depth of 205km. The ...

A POWERFUL earthquake shook the country's northern coast yesterday morning, sending residents fleeing for higher ground and items tumbling from shelves. There were no immediate reports of serious damage and no tsunami alert was issued. Disaster ...

Tsunami survivor Makoto Endo, 69-year-old scallop and silver salmon farming fisherman, standing alone on the remains of his house swept away by tsunamis at Ogatsu town in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan. Picture: EPA Marwaan ...

China conducted a tsunami drill Sunday as part of the transnational and pan-Pacific drill, the country's State Oceanic Administration (SOA) announced. The drill -- Exercise Pacific Wave 13 -- aimed at testing the marine environmental forecasting ...

No reports of damage or tsunami warnings Jayapura: A major 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, sending panicked crowds running into the streets. There were no reports ...