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When an enormous 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck near Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, the impact reached far beyond its ...
Early warning systems kicked in overnight across Pacific coastal communities after a massive earthquake in eastern Russia ...
Assessing the Tsunami Warning System Two years after a tsunami devastated several Indian Ocean countries, a rudimentary warning system is in place. But coordination and funding concerns have ...
Warnings are now downgraded in most areas. The National Tsunami Warning Centre cancelled its tsunami advisory for coastal B.C ...
DR. CHARLES McCREERY, Director, Pacific Tsunami Warning Center: We've probably responded to 50 earthquakes of this size or bigger over the last week and a half. And this will continue for a long ...
There was no early warning. After that event the German government in Berlin pledged $60 million to build such a system: engineering, data processing and geologic experience were readily available ...
And last week a 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Japan sparked tsunami alerts across the country. The Japanese tsunami system worked very well, issuing alerts within minutes of the earthquake.
"The absence of this system caused the failure to detect the tsunami in advance," he said. Indonesian authorities updated the death toll to at least 373 people Monday, with 1,459 people injured.
According to a United Nations report from a regional working group focused on tsunami warning systems, which was held in Vietnam in March, the Indonesia Tsunami Early Warning System (InaTEWS ...
A massive landslide triggered a deadly tsunami in Chile, in 2007. This became a turning point in tsunami science and risk ...