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Horror scene of the road drifting into the sea after the landslide
A long stretch of the road along the coast in Los Angeles, the United States floated down into the Pacific after a landslide caused by heavy rain.
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Millions of tons of garbage drifted from Japan to the United States
The huge amount of garbage caused by the tsunami in March in Japan is floating in the ocean and heading towards the US, scientists said.
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Strong earthquake shook Indonesia
A strong earthquake shook Indonesia's island of Bali today, causing hundreds of panic-stricken people to flee high-rise buildings and 17 injured.
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Earthquakes in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia
A strong magnitude 6.2 earthquake just happened this morning (September 13) in the Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea, but no tsunami warning was issued, accordin…
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Climate change submerges the Pacific island nation
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned Kiribati, a low-lying Pacific island nation threatened by rising sea levels when opportunities to prevent climate change are stil…
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Japanese tsunami broke the Antarctic ice
The tsunami on March 11 in Japan was so powerful that it broke many large blocks of ice in Antarctica, a few thousand kilometers from Japan.
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Two earthquakes a day in Indonesia
Two moderate intensity earthquakes occurred in Indonesia yesterday. There is no information about casualties and damage yet.
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Earthquakes followed the tsunami warning in New Zealand
The tsunami warning came after a magnitude 7.6 earthquake in New Zealand and Tonga this morning. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center signaled after the earthquake struck…
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Earthquake in Fukushima, Japan power plant area
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck the Pacific Ocean early this morning, near the area once destroyed by seismic and tsunami in Japan.
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Japan discovered rare earth mines on the ocean floor
BBC news agency reported on July 4, Japanese researchers said it had discovered a rare earth mine with reserves of 100 billion tons off the Pacific.
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Pacific water level is rising
The unusual melting of the Arctic ice archipelago, called the Canadian archipelago, has raised the Pacific sea level.
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Japan blocked the leak of contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean
Fukushima I, the plant operator, today said it had blocked a leak of highly contaminated water into the sea.
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Garbage after tsunami in Japan drifted to America
Cars, houses and even fragments of bodies washed away from Japan after the March 11 tsunami were found in America's West Coast.
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Indonesia was shaken by volcanic eruptions and earthquakes
Alarming at the risk of two volcanic eruptions and an earthquake has just struck the Indonesian island nation on March 20.
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How do tsunamis in Japan form?
Earthquakes and tsunamis in Japan on March 11 appeared after the Pacific Plate shattered North America's tectonic plates.