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Australia, New Zealand step up efforts to aid tsunami-hit Tonga

Jan 17, 2022

New Zealand and Australia were able to send military surveillance flights to Tonga on Monday to assess the damage a huge undersea volcanic eruption left in the Pacific island nation. A towering ash cloud since Saturday’s eruption had…
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Magnitude 7.6 earthquake hits Indonesia, tsunami warning issued

Dec 14, 2021

An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 on the Richter scale struck 95km north of Maumere in Indonesia today, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. Indonesia issued a tsunami warning after the earthquake, which the country's authorities…
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8.2 magnitude earthquake off Alaskan peninsula, tsunami warning

Jul 29, 2021

A shallow 8.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the Alaskan peninsula late Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey said, prompting a tsunami warning. The earthquake hit 56 miles (91 kilometers) southeast of the town of Perryville, the…
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