Magnitude 7.0 Earthquake Hits Indonesia
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake Monday afternoon in Indonesia, but there was no immediate tsunami threat.
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A magnitude 7.0 earthquake Monday afternoon in Indonesia, but there was no immediate tsunami threat.
A 6.9-magnitude earthquake Sunday night in the central Aleutian Islands in Alaska is definitely not strong enough to send a tsunami to the Bay Area, a tsunami program manager with the National Tsunami Warning Center said.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the quake measured 6.9, down from a preliminary estimate of 7.5.
The U.S. Geological Survey says a 6.4-magnitude earthquake has struck the Caribbean nation of Barbados.
The U.S. Geological Survey says a strong earthquake has struck the Pacific nation of Tonga, but no tsunami threat was expected.
The U.S. Geological Survey says a strong earthquake struck in Alaska, but no tsunami was expected.
A strong earthquake has struck off an island chain south of Tokyo, but officials say there is no danger of a tsunami.
The U.S. Geological Survey says a strong earthquake has struck the Pacific nation of Tonga, but no tsunami threat was expected.
The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 6.0 earthquake has struck in far northern Chile. There were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami warning.
Three sizable earthquakes struck off the coast of Oregon Monday but officials say no tsunamis were triggered.
A strong 7.8 magnitude quake struck the open ocean, 543 miles south of Tokyo early Saturday morning.
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The U.S. Geological Survey says a 6.8 magnitude earthquake has struck the Solomon Islands, a day after a 6.0 quake and a 6.9 quake hit the same region..
The U.S. Geological Survey says a strong earthquake has struck the Solomon Islands, but no tsunami threat was expected.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 has struck off the coast of Japan, not far from where a 2011 earthquake and tsunami claimed the lives of more than 15,000 people.
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A magnitude 7.2 earthquake rocked Papua New Guinea Thursday morning, generating a temporary tsunami alert for islands in the region.
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A magnitude 6.8 earthquake rocked the South Pacific Friday morning, following an initial quake Thursday of similar strength, triggering a small, localized tsunami risk. This marks the 6th quake to hit the planet in the past 7 days, with the first of the series being on the West Coast just after Earth Day.
The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 6.7 earthquake has struck in Papua New Guinea. No tsunami warning has been issued.
The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 6.3 earthquake has struck the Solomon Islands east of Australia Wednesday afternoon.
A strong undersea magnitude-6.8 earthquake struck between Taiwan and southern Japan on Monday, sparking a house fire that killed a person outside of Taiwan's capital and causing Japanese authorities to evacuate some schoolchildren as a tsunami precaution.
The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 6.6 earthquake has struck in Taiwan Sunday night.
The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 6.5 earthquake has struck off the coast of Fiji Friday.
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In many Indigenous cultures across the Americas, gender is recognized as fluid, contrasting sharply with Western norms. Jose Martinez reports.
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