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WORLDWIDE | Thu, 8 Oct 2009 | By safetyhub | Views [820]
SMH.com.au has reported that "Four* powerful earthquakes at 9.03am local time on October 8th, triggered a tsunami alert over a huge
swathe of the South Pacific, sending residents fleeing to higher
ground, just days after giant waves killed ... Read more >
Tags: tsunami, earthquake, vanuatu, fiji, natural disaster, safety advice for travelers, pacific, undersea earthquake
INDONESIA | Fri, 2 Oct 2009 | By safetyhub | Views [603]
Padang, a town on the Indonesian island of Sumatra was struck by an earthquake measuring 7.6-magnitude on Tuesday 30th September at 5.16pm local time. The quake was felt as far away as Jakarta which is situated 200km to the north. A Tsunami alert was ... Read more >
Tags: earthquake, indonesia, natural disaster, safety advice for travelers
PERU | Sat, 27 Sep 2008 | By eoghancito | Views [412]
Another thing I had forgoten about Latinoameica was the buses. They´re more like planes. We left our hostel in Lima to get a bus to Pisco - thankfully only 6 blocks which gave us the opportunity to try out packs out walking a little in the heat. The ... Read more >
Tags: peru, wildlife, culture, earthquake, boat, island, desert
CHINA | Wed, 14 May 2008 | By williamwong | Views [221]
After half-day isolated from the news because of the communication cut-off, some pictures from the disaster area are posted on the web this morning. We know there were more than 2,600 times of quakes after the major one yesterday afternoon. People ... Read more >
Tags: china earthquake, china, earthquake
CHINA | Wed, 14 May 2008 | By williamwong | Views [582]
In the afternoon of May 12 Monday, 2008, a major earthquake measuring 7.8 Richter Scale hit Wenchuan County of Southwest China’s Sichuan province at 2:28 p.m. Earthquake was felt in Zhengzhou, Chongqing, Chengdu and Beijing and Canton area. Now the ... Read more >
Tags: china earthquake, china, earthquake
VANUATU | Thu, 14 Dec 2006 | By stowaway | Views [2665] | Comments [4]
So there we were, quietly sitting in the airport terminal munching on a sandwich waiting for our flight to Tanna when suddenly the ground shakes & ceiling fans start wobbling wildly. Earthquake!!! We looked at each other, then at the floor - which ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, volcano, earthquake, vanuatu, tanna, lava, tanna, lake siwi, ash plain
