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Vietnam has a scenario to deal with tsunamis
According to some reports, tsunamis that occurred along the coast of Thua Thien-Hue on September 11, 1904, destroyed 22,027 houses, sunk 519 boats and died 724 people.
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A 10-meter tsunami hit Japan
Tsunamis hit the northeastern coast of Japan today, after a seismic strike of 8.9 on the Richter scale. Three identified people were killed in the earthquake.
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65 people died in the New Zealand earthquake
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key announced on February 22 that at least 65 people were killed in a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that occurred the same day in Christchurch.
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Earthquake in Nghe An
3 am this morning in Yen Thanh district (Nghe An) occurred a magnitude 3.8 earthquake. Many people in the area ...
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New Zealand suffered 280 earthquake aftershocks
Today New Zealand's Christchurch city is shaken by a 5.1-magnitude seismic. This is just one of more than 280 aftershocks of the September 4 earthquake.
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Chile continues to suffer 12 more earthquakes
Central Chile suffered 12 earthquakes over the weekend, of which nine occurred around the Pichilemu coast.
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Dynamic earth 7.8 Richter off Indonesia
Early in the morning of April 7, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra, accompanied by a tsunami warning, caused panic among the populat…
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Nearly 7 magnitude earthquake shook Indonesia
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake shook some of the eastern regions of the country on February 16.
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Taiwan: Strong earthquake injured 14 people
On December 19, a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck near Hualien City, 135km from Taiwan's Chinese capital (China), injuring 14 people.
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Japan shook because of the earthquake
AP on October 30 led sources from the Japan Meteorological Agency, saying that in Kagosima and Amani Islands, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Japan.
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Tsunami kills 34 people in the Pacific Ocean
The terrible waves caused by a powerful earthquake in the southern Pacific Ocean attacked coastal villages on the Samoa Islands yesterday. At least 34 people were killed.
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Indonesia: strong earthquake, 2 people died
Early this morning (November 17), a strong earthquake struck off the island of Sulawesi, northern Indonesia, causing at least two people to die and damage hundreds of ho…
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Dilapidated scenes in southern Japan after the earthquake of 6.4 Richter scale
Occurring at 21h26 on April 14 (local time) in Kumamoto Prefecture, in the center of Kyushu Island, in southwestern Japan, the earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 on the…
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China will maintain the development of nuclear power
China will not change its plans to develop nuclear power projects, but will learn from the magnitude 8.9 earthquake in Japan that leads to radioactive leaks.