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CNN
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A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 struck off the southwestern coast of Sumatra Friday in the same area shaken by a major 8.4-magnitude temblor that killed 13 people earlier in the week. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there w..
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CNN
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A strong earthquake measuring 7.9 in magnitude struck Wednesday near southern Indonesia, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
A tsunami watch was immediately issued for the area.
The earthquake, which struck at 1810 local time (1110 GMT) Bengkulu provin..
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ABC News
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Some of the thousands left homeless by a tsunami ventured back into the devastated Solomon Islands town of Gizo Tuesday, picking their way through rickety buildings in search of food and water.
But most were still too scared to leave the hillside, wher..
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SF Gate
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A bone-rattling undersea earthquake sparked a tsunami that sent 10-foot-high waves crashing into parts of the Solomon Islands on Monday, wiping out one village and killing at least 13 people. The death toll was expected to rise.
Large waves struck the..
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ABC News
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A tsunami alert has been issued for the far north-east coast of Queensland after a earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale hit the Solomon Islands this morning.
The Bureau of Meterology says there is a possible tsunami threat to Willis and Barrie..
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MSNBC
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A powerful earthquake struck western Indonesia on Wednesday, injuring at least three people and damaging several buildings, officials said. No tsunami was detected.
The quake, which had a preliminary magnitude of 7.6, struck under the island of Simeulu..
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MSNBC
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A strong earthquake rattled East Timor on Wednesday, and an Indonesian monitoring agency said it had the potential to trigger a tsunami — but there were no immediate reports of large waves.
The earthquake had a magnitude of 6.2, the U.S. Geological S..
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MSNBC
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Frightened residents on Indonesia’s Sumatra island huddled in tents outside their damaged homes on Friday, traumatized by the latest of more than 40 aftershocks since a huge earthquake struck two days ago.
Indonesia’s meteorology agency issued Frid..
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USA Today
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A series of powerful earthquakes has terrorized residents in western Indonesia — including another one that triggered a fresh tsunami warning Friday — leaving thousands sleeping on plastic in the hills and each new aftershock triggering a fresh round..
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CBS News
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Three powerful earthquakes jolted Indonesia in less than 24 hours, triggering tsunami warnings, damaging hundreds of houses and sending panicked residents fleeing to high ground. Rescuers feared some victims were trapped beneath the rubble.
The death t..
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USA Today
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Three powerful earthquakes jolted Indonesia in less than 24 hours, triggering tsunami alerts Thursday and sending panicked residents fleeing to high ground. At least nine people were killed in the tremors.
The first two quakes in western Indonesia —..
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BBC News
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A powerful earthquake has struck off the western Indonesian island of Sumatra, triggering a tsunami alert.
The tremor had a magnitude of 7.9, according to the Indonesian Meteorological Institute.
It caused buildings in the capital, Jakarta, to sway,..
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MSNBC
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A powerful earthquake hit Indonesia on Wednesday, causing buildings to sway strongly in the capital, and authorities issued a tsunami warning for much of the Indian Ocean region.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of..
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CBS News
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A powerful earthquake off western Indonesia triggered warnings of a potentially destructive tsunami across much of the Indian Ocean region Wednesday, meteorological agencies said.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the underwater quake had a preliminary m..
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BBC News
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Residents near the capital of Indonesia's Aceh province have disabled a tsunami warning system.
The residents cut the power to the siren on a tsunami warning tower by throwing rocks at it.
They were angered by a false alarm that sent thousands of pe..
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USA Today
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A strong undersea earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia on Thursday, causing people to flee their homes in panic and run to higher ground, officials said. The temblor briefly triggered a tsunami warning.
There were no immediate reports of casualties..
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CNN
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A strong undersea earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia on Thursday, briefly triggering a tsunami alert, the country's meteorological and geophysics agency said.
Indonesian scientists gave the quake a preliminary magnitude of 6.5. The United States G..
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BBC News
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The Red Cross says up to 7,000 people are homeless one week after a tsunami triggered by an earthquake swept through the western Solomon Islands.
A Red Cross spokeswoman in the badly damaged town of Gizo said food and medical aid was arriving but many..
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BBC News
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The UN says more work has to be done on emergency response after dozens died in the Solomon Islands tsunami despite a state-of-the-art warning system.
The UN said Pacific Tsunami Warning System bulletins had been well received but the quake was so clos..
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CNN
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Relief workers reported the first signs of disease Wednesday among survivors of a devastating earthquake and tsunami, as damaged airports caused a bottleneck in the flow of badly needed water, food and medicine.
Red Cross official Nancy Jolo said her a..
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