Category: Earthquakes & Tsunamis

6.4 Earthquake Hits Tonga

NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga – A strong magnitude 6.4 earthquake has struck at sea northwest of Tonga in the South Pacific.

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Plutonium Found Outside Nuke Plant

Highly radioactive water and plutonium has been found for the first time outside Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. Fukushima's operator

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Radioactive Rain Falls On Japan

JAPAN'S health ministry has asked water purification plants nationwide to stop taking in rainwater and cover pools with tarpaulins

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Japan Cancels Tsunami Warning

Japan's meteorological agency says it has cancelled an earlier tsunami warning for the country's devastated north-east coast. The agency earlier

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6.5 Quake Hits Japan: Tsunami To Hit

Japan has issued a tsunami advisory after a shallow 6.5 earthquake struck off the Miyagi coast, the Japan Meteorological

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Japan Faces Nuclear Catastrophe

Japan appeared resigned on Monday to a long fight to contain the world's worst atomic crisis in 25 years

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Battle To Save Burma Quake Victims

Rescuers battled on Saturday to reach thousands of survivors in remote areas of Myanmar after an earthquake tore up

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Kan Says Nuke Situation Is Dire

Japan's prime minister says the situation at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant remains grave and he cannot be optimistic. A

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Japan’s Fish Trade Takes A Dive

TOKYO (AFP) – Tokyo's usually frantic Tsukiji fish market, the world's largest, would normally hum with tourists but two

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Singapore Finds Radiation In Food

SINGAPORE – Singapore has detected radioactive contamination in vegetables grown near Japan's tsunami-damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. The Agri-Food

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