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| Sep.1 |
Solomon Islands |
Quake prompts tsunami bulletin A 6.9 earthquake centered about 22 miles undersea near the Santa Cruz Islands in the south Pacific erupted at 12:05 p.m.
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| Apr.9 |
Solomon Islands |
Thousands homeless after tsunami
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| Apr.1 |
Solomon Islands |
13 dead from tsunami Map of Gizo Solomon Islands| 2 earthquakes and a tsunami hit the western part of the island-chain nation. 10 to 20 people were missing. The quake measured 8.0. Some villages had been completely wiped out. The worst a... | |
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| Jan.12 |
Japan |
Fears over tsunami ease The first small wave washed on to the north-eastern coast 90 minutes after the 7.7 to 8.3. earthquake
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| Nov.15 |
Northern Japan |
Tsunami alerts lifted after quake 8.1 earthquake struck near Japan's northern coast at 8:14 p.m. deep under the Ocean 1,000 miles northeast of Tokyo
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| Jul.22 |
Indonesia |
Tsunami death toll rises to 650
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| Jul.18 |
Indonesia |
Death toll in tsunami has risen to 520 Rescuers continue to pull bodies from the rubble. Questions are being asked about why there was no warning
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Indonesia |
300 perish in Java quake, tsunami Indonesian Department of Social Affairs pegged the death toll at 305 people, with 431 injured
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| Jul.17 |
Indonesia |
Java tsunami death toll increases The death toll from a tsunami that struck the island of Java has risen to at least 245
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Indonesia |
650 dead as quake triggers tsunami A 7.2 earthquake off the coast of Java and a tsunami has killed 37 people, but the death toll is expected to rise
| Most of the deaths have been caused by the tsunami, but some may have died in the quake or the crush of people rushing for higher ground as the waves approached
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| Jun.28 |
Tsunami Disaster |
Asia tsunami warning system ready
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| May.16 |
Oceania |
Pacific states hold tsunami test More than 30 countries around the ocean have tested a system to warn them of approaching tsunamis
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UK troops attacked after copter crash
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| Dec.26 |
Southern India |
India remembers tsunami victims
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| Nov.14 |
Japan |
Quake prompts tsunami alert
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Aftershock rattles region on edge
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| Oct.4 |
Tsunami Disaster |
Poor alerts 'raised tsunami toll'
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| Jun.25 |
Aceh |
Tsunami remembered six months on Millions of people around the Indian Ocean are marking 6 months since the earthquake and deadly tsunami
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| May.19 |
Sumatra |
Tsunami-quake 'the biggest ever' A new data from the 2004 earthquake show the event created the longest fault rupture and the longest duration
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| Jan.19 |
Indonesia |
Tsunami deaths soar past 212,000| The December 26 earthquake and tsunami killed 166,320 people in Indonesia. 6,245 people were still missing | |
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| Jan.12 |
France |
Creditors back tsunami debt relief The Paris Club of 19 creditor nations has agreed to a moratorium on debt repayment by Indonesia and Sri Lanka
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| Jan.11 |
India |
High tides plague Andaman islands
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| Jan.10 |
Indonesia |
Video a vivid reminder of tsunami
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| Jan.7 |
Aceh |
Leaders view tsunami devastation
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| Jan.6 |
Indonesia |
U.N. taking over relief effort Colin Powell: The United Nations will take over coordination of tsunami relief and reconstruction efforts
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| Jan.5 |
Aceh |
Tsunami carnage shocks Powell U.S. Secretary of State has taken a firsthand look at the tsunami-ravaged province by helicopter
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| Jan.4 |
Aceh |
80% of population killed in villages
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| Jan.3 |
Washington |
US presidents in tsunami aid plea President Bush, Bill Clinton and George Bush Senior, have called on Americans to aid the Asian tsunami's victims
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U.N.: Tsunami aid rises to $2 billion
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| Dec.31 |
Indonesia |
U.N.: Tsunami toll approaches 150,000 Aid has begun to reach tsunami victims in remote areas of Indonesia
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Southeast Asia |
Tsunami death toll tops 135,000 Military aircraft and trucks began bringing food and medicine to the hardest-hit areas
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| Dec.30 |
Indonesia |
Tsunami death toll tops 116,000 Indonesia reported nearly 80,000 people were killed in that country alone
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| Dec.28 |
Sri Lanka |
Tsunami toll rises above 33,000 The international community scrambles to help the region cope with the disaster
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| Dec.26 |
Indonesia |
Asia quake death toll 13,000| Massive tsunamis triggered by the largest earthquake to shake the planet in more than 40 years wiped out coastal areas | |
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Sri Lanka |
Asia quake death toll tops 4,700 Massive tsunamis triggered by the largest earthquake wiped out coastal areas across Southeast Asia
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Aceh |
9.0 Quake leaves 212,000 dead Map of http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/75/Neic_slav_fig72.gif/306px-Neic_slav_fig72.gif People across Asia are flocking to morgues seeking lost loved ones after tsunamis swept across the Indian Ocean
| A great undersea earthquake occurred at an epicenter off the west coast of Sumatra. The earthquake triggered tsunamis along the coasts of landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean, killing large people and inundating coastal communities. The tsunami devastated the shores of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand with waves up to 30 m and caused serious damage and deaths as far as the east coast of Africa
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Man found alive in quake rubble
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