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Earthquake hits TODAY MAP: California, New Caledonia, Fiji and Iran struck by HUGE quakes
Express   29 August 2018   South Pacific   New Caledonia  
Earthquake hits TODAY MAP: A 4.4 magnitude quake rattled California (Image: EMSC)
<p>A 7.1 magnitude quake rocked the South Pacific island of New Caledonia, based about 800 miles west of Fiji at 4.51am BST (2.51pm local time Tuesday).</p><p>It struck at a depth of 10km (six miles) about 372 km (230 miles) east of the island’s capital Noumea.</p><p>Wave ...
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Alaska earthquake: Where did earthquake hit today? Kodiak and Anchorage on tsunami alert
Express   23 January 2018   USA   Alaska  
Tsunami warnings have been issued across Alaska
<p>ALASKA has been hit by a huge 7.9 magnitude earthquake today, with officials issuing an "extraordinary" tsunami warnings of a "threat to life and property" in towns of Kodiak and Anchorage and a watch for the entire US west coast.</p><p>The quake hit 157 ...
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Solomon Islands hit by powerful aftershocks after magnitude-7.8 quake
ABC News   09 December 2016   Solomon Islands   Oceania  
Earthquake damage to buildings in Kirakira, the provincial capital of Makira Province, Solomon Islands (credit: Edith Hanuagi)
<p>Residents in Solomon Islands were hit by powerful aftershocks following a magnitude-7.8 earthquake which struck 130 kilometres from the capital Honiara.</p><p>Authorities are starting to receive reports of damage from the earthquake, with police saying ...
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Deaths reported after 7.9 quake strikes off Indonesia, tsunami warning issued
RT   02 March 2016   Indonesia   Soumatra  
earthquake.usgs.gov
<p>A 7.9 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Indonesia, killing an unconfirmed number of people. The country has issued a tsunami warning, the National Meteorolgical Agency reported.</p>
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Chile earthquake: one million people evacuated after 8.3 magnitude quake – rolling report
The Guardian   17 September 2015   Chile   Illapel  
People evacuate a mall in Santiago after a powerful earthquake, in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015. Photograph: Nadia Perez/AP
<p>As it nears 3am in Chile, one million people are on the streets taking refuge from a major earthquake, which has been followed by flooding and waves of up to 4.5m.<br>Speaking to reporters in southern California, a Caltech seismologist, Mark Simons, said ...
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