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Sirens blare as tsunami warning issued after earthquake off Japan’s coast

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Earthquake off Japan’s north coast prompts tsunami warning

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Tokyo — A powerful earthquake struck off the northern Japanese coast Monday, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to issue a tsunami alert in the region. The quake registering a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 occurred off the coast of Sanriku in northern Japan at around 4:53 p.m. (2:53 a.m. Eastern on Sunday), at a depth of … Read more

A 5.7 earthquake jolts rural Nevada near Carson City, causing some damage

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A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck a rural part of Nevada east of the state’s capital of Carson City on Monday. The temblor hit just before 6:30 p.m., the U.S. Geological Survey said. It was centered 12.9 miles (20.7 kilometers) east of the town of Silver Springs at a depth of 3.1 miles (5 kilometers). Video … Read more

Powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesia’s Molucca Sea region, tsunami waves possible, USGS says

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A powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake has struck in the Molucca Sea region northeast of Indonesia, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake, which hit early Thursday local time, had depth of nearly 22 miles and its epicenter was 79 miles west-northwest of Ternate, Indonesia, the USGS said. The U.S. tsunami warning system said tsunami … Read more

A volunteer arrived in Haiti after the earthquake. Now, she runs a Haitian 911.

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Stacy Librandi was new to disaster relief when she arrived in Haiti in 2010. She walked onto the Port-au-Prince airfield and looked out at the sea of people in front of her. It looked like its own city: a crowd of a thousand buzzing and sweltering in the Caribbean heat, living in tents and haphazardly … Read more

Marking 15 years since the 2011 Japan earthquake

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Fifteen years ago, on March 11, 2011, the fourth-largest recorded earthquake in history struck Japan’s Pacific Coast, triggering a 128-foot tsunami wave that swallowed villages whole and triggered the biggest nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. Nearly 20,000 people died, 500,000 were forced to evacuate, 138,000 buildings were destroyed, and the country suffered the most expensive disaster … Read more