VANUATU (BNO NEWS) – A massive earthquake rocked the Pacific Ocean on Thursday morning, according to seismologists. The earthquake, which struck about 232 miles north-northwest of Vanuatu's Santo, had a preliminary magnitude ...

HUA-LIEN, TAIWAN (BNO NEWS) – A strong earthquake struck just off Taiwan's eastern coast on Sunday morning, officials said. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The earthquake, which struck ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) – At least one U.S. citizen was killed when a tsunami hit American Samoa, a U.S. territory in the Pacific Ocean, on Tuesday, officials told BNO News ...

Pago Pago, Sep 29 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A massive earthquake struck the South Pacific on Wednesday morning, according to officials, generating a possibly destructive tsunami. Tsunami warnings are in effect, but there ...

AMERICAN SAMOA (BNO NEWS) – A massive earthquake struck the South Pacific on Wednesday morning, according to officials, generating a possible destructive tsunami that struck at least one island. Tsunami warnings ...

AMERICAN SAMOA (BNO NEWS) – A massive earthquake struck the South Pacific on Wednesday morning, according to officials, generating a possible destructive tsunami. Tsunami warnings are in effect, but there ...

AMERICAN SAMOA (BNO NEWS) – A massive earthquake struck the South Pacific on Wednesday morning, according to officials, generating a possible destructive tsunami. Tsunami warnings are in effect, but there was ...

TOKYO (BNO NEWS) -- A strong earthquake struck off the coast of Japan on Thursday morning, according to officials. No tsunami warnings were issued. The tremor struck about 24 miles deep off ...

UNKNOWN (BNO NEWS) -- A massive earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck off India's Andaman Islands on Tuesday morning. A second earthquake struck Japan only minutes later. The first earthquake, with ...

SANTA ISABEL, Mexico (BNO NEWS) -- A series of strong earthquakes struck off of Baja California in Mexico just minutes apart on Monday afternoon, officials told BNO News. The first earthquake struck about ...

SUMATRA, Indonesia (BNO NEWS) -- A strong earthquake struck off southern Sumatra on Monday morning, officials said. The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.1, according to the Badan Meteorologi Klimatologi Dan Geofisika, ...

LORD HOWE ISLAND (BNO NEWS) -- Emergency services have ordered evacuations for parts of Australia's Lord Howe Island following a series of major earthquakes off New Zealand on Wednesday, officials said. An undersea ...

TUATAPERE, New Zealand (BNO NEWS) -- Several major earthquakes off New Zealand on Wednesday prompted a series of tsunami warnings in the region, officials said. The first earthquake struck at 9.22 a.m. UTC, ...

On Monday, July 13, 2009 at 18:05:02 UTC (Tuesday 02:05:02 AM local time) an earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale shook Taiwan. USGS reports the depth to be 24.7 KM deep. According ...

HUA-LIEN, Taiwan (BNO NEWS) -- A strong and shallow earthquake struck off eastern Taiwan on Tuesday morning, officials say. There were no immediate reports of casualties. The earthquake struck at 2.05 a.m. local ...

Tokyo, JAPAN (BNO NEWS) – A Japanese government agency mistakenly issued an earthquake alert to residents and media organizations on Wednesday, briefly sparking confusion. It started when the Japan Meteorological Agency issued ...

London, April 22 (ANI): A team of seismologists has developed an early-warning system that can gauge how long an earthquake rumbles, thus helping tsunami warnings to reach vulnerable coastlines within minutes. Most tsunami-warning ...

KURIL ISLANDS (BNO NEWS) – A major earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 to 6.8 struck off the Kuril Islands in Russia's Sakhalin Oblast region on Saturday, but struck to far ...

New York, NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) -- A massive and potentially destructive earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 struck 130 miles southeast of Nuku'alofa, Tonga on Thursday, according to the United States ...

A destructive earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.9 has struck the Tonga region and tsunami warnings have been issued. The quake occurred at Thursday, March 19, 2009 at 18:17:37 UTC (March 20, ...

London, Nov 12 (ANI): Indonesia has launched an early warning system that uses seabed sensors, land-based seismometers and satellite positioning equipment, to broadcast tsunami warnings within minutes of an undersea earthquake. According ...

Jakarta, Nov 11 (DPA) A tsunami early warning system developed and funded by five donor countries began operations Tuesday in Indonesia, nearly four years after the Asian tsunami of December 2004, which ...

Jakarta, Aug 26 (DPA) Indonesia issued a tsunami warning Tuesday after a powerful earthquake struck parts of the western tip of Java and southern Sumatra province of Lampung, seismologists said.The quake, measuring ...

DPA Tokyo, July 23 (DPA) A magnitude-6.8 earthquake hit northern Japan Wednesday night, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. No tsunami warnings were issued. Several people were taken to a hospital in northern city ...

DPA Tokyo, June 14 (DPA) A 7.2-magnitude earthquake shook north-eastern Japan early Saturday, killing at lest three people and injuring more than 80. Michitaka Ishii, 55, was found dead in the ocean in ...

DPA Tokyo, June 14 (DPA) A magnitude 7.0 earthquake shook northeast Japan early Saturday, killing at least two people and injuring more than 13. A 56-year-old man died after falling into the ocean ...

DPA Jakarta, Feb 26 (DPA) A series of strong earthquakes rattled the western coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island Tuesday, destroying dozens of houses, officials said. The latest quake, measuring 7.0 on the Richter ...

Wellington, Dec 20 (ANI): A strong earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale rocked New Zealand today. The quake was centred 50 kilometres south-east of Gisborne, on the east coast of the ...