Tag: earthquake
Tsunami warning from Japan to US: Threat over but heavy damage in Tonga
PACIFIC OCEAN – The powerful eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai submarine volcano caused a tsunami in the Tonga Islands on Saturday, causing extensive damage but no casualties. The threat…
LIVE – Eruption in Tonga: tsunami alert in several countries, Japan fears waves of 3 meters
ALERT – The spectacular eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano has caused a tsunami in the Tonga Islands. A small wave affected Japan, while an alert was notably launched…
LIVE – Eruption in the Tonga Islands: tsunami alert in several countries, Japan fears 3m waves
ALERT – The spectacular eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano caused a tsunami in the Tonga Islands on Saturday. A small wave affected Japan, while an alert was notably…
Magnitude 5.7 earthquake off Crete, no damage reported
This is not the first time in recent months that the eastern Mediterranean has been hit by a major earthquake. In September, a magnitude 5.3 earthquake rocked Crete, killing one…
Double earthquake hits Greek island of Crete
A double earthquake, the most powerful of which was magnitude 5.4, struck off the Greek island of Crete on Sunday, the Athens Observatory reported. The epicenter of the most powerful…
Earthquake. A 4.3 magnitude earthquake shakes Franche-Comté, the epicenter near Montbéliard
“The walls, the cupboards, the crockery shook! “; “A long rumble … everything changed.” You weren’t dreaming, the earth shook during the night of December 24th to 25th, in North…
Earthquake. Magnitude 7.3 earthquake in Indonesia: tsunami warning lifted
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit eastern Indonesia on Tuesday, the USGS institute announced. The Tsunami Warning Center, which had warned of the possibility of dangerous waves, has finally lifted its…
Natural disasters: danger from the sea floor
There have been tsunamis in Europe too, but these catastrophes have been forgotten. Ocean researchers have now for the first time analyzed the geological risk for coastal areas. .source site
A slight earthquake felt in the Pays-de-Retz
The earth still shook slightly on Saturday evening in Loire-Atlantique. Several websites specializing in the observation of terrestrial plates, such as the National seismic monitoring network (RéNaSS), report that a…
Magnitude 5.2 earthquake hits southern volcano
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake occurred on Thursday near the Hekla volcano in southern Iceland with a tremor felt as far as the capital Reykjavik, the Nordic country’s meteorological office said.…