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6.7-magnitude quake strikes Papua New Guinea: USGS

March 10, 2013 20:46
A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea Monday, the US Geological Survey reported, but a tsunami warning was not issued and seismologists said it was unlikely to have caused any major damage. The quake hit 44 kilometres (27 miles) from Finschhafen in the New Britain region and 320 kilometres from the capital Port Moresby at a depth of 84 kilometres, the US monitoring authority said.

Magnitude 6.7 quake strikes off Papua New Guinea - USGS

March 10, 2013 20:30
SYDNEY, March 11 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.7 earthquake has struck off Papua New Guinea's north coast city of Lae, the United States Geological Survey said on Monday. The quake, about 150 km (95 miles) east of Lae, was initially recorded at a depth of about 20 km, although that figure was later revised to 87 km. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said there was no Pacific-wide tsunami threat. (Editing by Paul Tait)

Floating tsunami trash to be a decades-long headache

March 7, 2013 22:01
The tsunami that ravaged northeast Japan in March 2011 created the biggest single dumping of rubbish, sweeping some five million tonnes of shattered buildings, cars, household goods and other rubble into the sea. About three-and-a-half million tonnes, according to official Japanese estimates, sank immediately, leaving some 1.5 million tonnes of plastic, timber, fishing nets, shipping containers, industrial scrap and innumerable other objects to float deeper into the ocean.

AFP pictures show then and now of tsunami

March 4, 2013 06:00
The piles of rubble left behind by the receding tsunami have largely gone, but two years after nature visited its fury, some stretches of Japan's battered northeast remain little more than ravaged wastelands. Where once stood mountains of detritus, the splintered remains of wooden homes and shattered lives, occasional new buildings have crept up and some houses have been repaired. Gleaming signs direct traffic along freshly laid roads as cars -- many of them new -- take people to villages and towns that have struggled to their feet.

6.2 quake shakes Philippines' Mindanao

February 16, 2013 02:00
A powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake rocked the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Saturday triggering panic, but there were no immediate reports of any damage or casualties. The quake struck at 12:37 pm (0437 GMT), off the coast, about 30 kilometres (19 miles) northeast of the town of Sarangani, said the government seismology institute. Residents said people rushed out of buildings in panic after the quake sent lighting fixtures swaying. The government institute said it did not expect any damage or casualties and there was no risk of a tsunami.

7.0 magnitude quake in Colombia: USGS

February 9, 2013 11:46
A 7.0 magnitude quake shook southern Colombia Saturday and was felt as far away as Quito, Ecuador, authorities said. The quake, occurring at a depth of 129 kilometers (80 miles) at 1416 GMT, was located 11 kilometers (7 miles) southwest of Pasto, Colombia, a city of 400,000 people at the foot of the Galeras volcano, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake was felt in neighboring Ecuador, where firefighters in Quito urged residents to remain calm and take necessary precautions, in a message on its Twitter account.

URGENT ¥¥¥ 7.0 magnitude quake in Colombia: USGS

February 9, 2013 11:30
A 7.0 magnitude quake struck southern Colombia Saturday, the US Geological Survey reported. The quake, occurring at a depth of 129 kilometers (80 miles), was located 11 kilometers (7 miles) southwest of Pasto, Colombia and 168 kilometers (104 miles) southwest of the city of Popayan, the USGS said. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said the event did not generate a destructive tsunami. jm/vlk

7.1 magnitude quake strikes off Solomon Islands

February 8, 2013 08:16
A 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit off the Solomon Islands Friday, two days after an 8.0-magnitude quake sparked a tsunami, but there was no threat of widespread destructive waves this time, US agencies said. The US Geological Survey said the quake struck at 10:12 pm (1112 GMT) near the Santa Cruz Islands, which are part of the Solomons, at a relatively shallow depth of nine kilometres (5.5 miles). The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said "no destructive widespread tsunami threat exists based on historical earthquake and tsunami data".

Magnitude 7.1 quake off Solomons, no reports of damage

February 8, 2013 08:00
Feb 8 (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary 7.1 magnitude struck 270 miles (435 km) east of Kira Kira on the Solomon Islands on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate tsunami warnings or reports of damage. An 8.0 magnitude earthquake set off a tsunami that killed at least five people in a remote part of the Solomon Islands on Wednesday and triggered evacuations across the South Pacific. There have been numerous aftershocks. (Editing by Nick Macfie)

Aftershocks stall aid efforts in tsunami-hit Solomons

February 7, 2013 21:01
Strong aftershocks hampered efforts to send aid to tsunami-affected villages in the Solomon Islands Friday, as the death toll following a powerful 8.0-magnitude earthquake rose to nine. Officials said damage on Ndende island in the eastern Solomons was much worse than first thought, with up to 20 villages swamped in a tsunami generated by Wednesday's quake and 6,000 people homeless, doubling previous estimates.
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