Freezing cold sweeps Georgia
February 12th, 2012 - 6:03 am ICT by IANS
Tbilisi, Feb 12 (IANS) The Georgian capital Saturday experienced its coldest day in almost four decades at minus nine degrees Celsius, the meteorological agency said.Temperatures in some parts of the ... Read more...
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Typhoon hits Japan’s Honshu island
September 21st, 2011 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, Sep 21 (IANS) Typhoon Roke landed on Japan's largest island of Honshu Wednesday afternoon and left at least five people dead, authorities said.Roke made landfall near Hamamatsu, central Japan, ... Read more...
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Typhoon Talas leaves at least 18 dead in Japan
September 4th, 2011 - 11:30 pm ICT by BNO News
TOKYO (BNO NEWS) -- At least 18 people have been killed and more than 50 are missing after powerful Typhoon Talas pounded western Japan with heavy rains and high winds, local media ... Read more...
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Tsunami warning issued after quake hits Japan (Lead, Changing dateline)
July 10th, 2011 - 9:52 am ICT by IANS
Tokyo, July 10 (IANS) A powerful earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale struck off the eastern Japan coast Sunday, prompting the authorities to issue a tsunami warning.The quake occurred ... Read more...
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Earthquake disrupts work at crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant
April 11th, 2011 - 5:30 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Apr 11(ANI): Efforts to cool reactors at Japan's stricken Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant were disrupted following Monday's 7.1-magnitude earthquake, which briefly knocked out power supply to the plant.According to a ... Read more...
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Japan hit by another 7.1-magnitude aftershock, tsunami warning issued
April 11th, 2011 - 4:08 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Apr 11(ANI): A magnitude-7.1 aftershock rattled Japan on Monday, one month after the 9.0-magnitude earthquake that spawned a deadly tsunami.The epicenter of the earthquake, which struck at a depth of 10 ... Read more...
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Condition at Fukushima n-plant improving: Japan (Second Intro Roundup)
March 20th, 2011 - 1:07 am ICT by IANS
Tokyo, March 19 (IANS) Japanese government said Saturday condition at four reactors at the quake-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant were improving.Following Japan's Self-Defence Force (SDF) and firefighting personnel shooting water ... Read more...
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6 magnitude quake jolts Japan
March 15th, 2011 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing/Tokyo, March 15 (IANS) A magnitude 6.1 earthquake jolted Japan's Honshu island Tuesday, Xinhua cited China Earthquake Network Center as saying.The quake occurred at 9.31 p.m. (Beijing Time).Honshu, the ... Read more...
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Sikh community prays for tsunami victims
March 14th, 2011 - 6:26 pm ICT by ANI
Amritsar, Mar 14(ANI): Members of Sikh community gathered in large numbers at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Monday to offer special prayers for the victims of tsunami that struck northeast Japan ... Read more...
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Hundreds dead as devastating quake, tsunami hit Japan (Second Intro Roundup)
March 12th, 2011 - 1:28 am ICT by IANS
Tokyo, March 11 (IANS) Huge tsunami waves, some 10 metres high, triggered by a devastating 8.9-magnitude earthquake, slammed northeastern Japan Friday and swept away people, houses, cars, boats and crops ... Read more...
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Japan hit by massive quake, tsunami, 200-300 killed (Roundup)
March 11th, 2011 - 11:12 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, March 11 (IANS) Ten metre high tsunami waves slammed northeastern Japan Friday triggered by a massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake and swept away people, cars, boats, crops and buildings as the ... Read more...
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Japan quake toll rises to 61
March 11th, 2011 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, March 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) An 8.9-magnitude earthquake, which hit northeastern Japan Friday generating a tsunami as high as 10 metres and causing lot of devastation, has killed at least ... Read more...
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Disaster management operations on: Japan PM
March 11th, 2011 - 3:26 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Mar 11 (ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Friday said that the country's disaster management operations have been activated to counter the after effects of earthquake-cum-tsunami measuring 8.9 in the ... Read more...
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Japan issues tsunami warning after 7.2 earthquake
March 9th, 2011 - 1:02 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Mar.9 (ANI): Japanese metrological agency has issued a tsunami warning, after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the nation today.According to the agency reports, tsunami waves of about 50 centimeters would hit ... Read more...
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Last year’s Pakistan floods could have been predicted
February 1st, 2011 - 3:07 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 1 (ANI): Catastrophic monsoon rains that swept Pakistan last year could have been predicted days in advance if weather-forecasting data had been shared and processed, according to US researchers.The ... Read more...
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Quake hits Japan
July 23rd, 2010 - 5:41 am ICT by IANS
Tokyo, July 23 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale jolted Japan's Chiba Prefecture early Friday, the meteorological agency said.
The focus of the quake was located some 30 km underground ... Read more...
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Strong earthquake strikes off central Japan, no tsunami warning
March 14th, 2010 - 4:48 pm ICT by BNO News
TOKYO (BNO NEWS) -- A strong earthquake struck off the coast of central Japan on Sunday, seismologists said, shaking buildings as far away as Tokyo but causing no casualties.The earthquake at 5.08 ... Read more...
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Chile earthquake toll rises to 300, two million overall affected
February 28th, 2010 - 3:58 pm ICT by ANI
Santiago (Chile), Feb.28 (ANI): Chile's President Michelle Bachelet has revealed that the earthquake hitting her country on Saturday has so far claimed the lives of at least 300 people and affected ... Read more...
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Japan on alert for possible major tsunami (Lead)
February 28th, 2010 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, Feb 28 (DPA) Hundreds of thousands of Japanese households in Pacific coastal areas were ordered to evacuate Sunday after warnings of a possible "major" tsunami produced by the Chilean earthquake.
Shortly before ... Read more...
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Southern Japan Coast Rocked By Massive Earthquake
February 7th, 2010 - 9:42 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Tokyo, Feb 7, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Several islands of Japan along the Southern coast experienced a severe earthquake on Sunday. Reportedly, the earthquake rocked at 3:10 pm local time at about ... Read more...
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Tsunami alert after strong quake rocks eastern Japan (Lead)
August 11th, 2009 - 6:17 am ICT by IANS
Tokyo, Aug 11 (Xinhua) An undersea earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale Tuesday jolted eastern Japan, prompting officials to issue a tsunami warning, the meteorological agency said.
The quake occurred at ... Read more...
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Strong quake rocks eastern Japan
August 11th, 2009 - 4:37 am ICT by IANS
Tokyo, Aug 11 (Xinhua) An undersea earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale jolted eastern Japan early Tuesday, prompting officials to issue a tsunami warning, the meteorological agency said.
The quake occurred ... Read more...
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Giant quake earthquake rocks Japan
August 9th, 2009 - 6:56 pm ICT by John Le Fevre
More than 40 people have been injured as the result of a powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake off the north-east coast of Japan earlier today.The quake struck at 11.46am (0246GMT) with the epicenter ... Read more...
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South Korea says weather has delayed N. Korea’s missile launch plan
April 4th, 2009 - 5:02 pm ICT by ANI
Seoul, Apr.4 (ANI): Weather conditions on Saturday have reportedly prevented North Korea from going ahead with the launch of its missile on Saturday."We thought the launch was likely today, but weather ... Read more...
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Plane crashes at Japans largest airport, kills two
March 23rd, 2009 - 3:34 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Mar. 23 (ANI): A cargo plane has crashed at Japan''s Narita international airport, killing both crew members on board. The Federal Express plane, which was coming from Guangzhou in China, ... Read more...
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Volcano erupts near Tokyo
February 2nd, 2009 - 9:58 am ICT by Amrit Rashmisrisethi
Early morning, a volcano erupted near Tokyo, with white smoke billowing and ash falling on the capital, the Meteorological Agency said.So far, no injuries or any damage reported because of the following ... Read more...
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6.1-magnitude quake hits northern Japan, no casualties
December 4th, 2008 - 11:06 am ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Dec 4 (ANI): An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 hit the coast of northern Japan on Thursday morning.According to the local meteorological agency, no immediate reports of damage ... Read more...
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Moderate earthquake hits Indonesia
November 11th, 2008 - 9:28 am ICT by IANS
Jakarta, Nov 11 (Xinhua) A moderate quake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale struck Indonesia's Sumatra Island Tuesday morning, but there were no reports of damage or casualty.According to Indonesian meteorological agency, ... Read more...
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Two earthquakes jolt eastern Indonesia Tuesday
August 12th, 2008 - 8:56 am ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Jakarta, Aug 12 (Xinhua) Two earthquakes measuring 5.5 and 5.2 on the Richter scale Tuesday jolted the eastern parts of Indonesia, the meteorological agency said. There were no reports of damage or ... Read more...
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East Timor shaken by undersea earthquake
April 19th, 2008 - 1:03 pm ICT by admin
Jakarta, April 19 (ANI): East Timor was affected on Saturday by an undersea quake that reportedly measured 6.4 on the Richter scale.
Reports reaching the Indonesian capital said several buildings in East ... Read more...
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