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Tsunami Warnings After Russia's 8.8 Earthquake Revive Memories of 2004 Indian Ocean Disaster When 2,30,000 Died

After the massive 8.8 earthquake near Russia's Kamchatka, global tsunami alerts echo fears from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Nearly at least 230,000 lives were lost then. The 2004 tsunami was one of ...
Yahoo

Magnitude 7.8 earthquake hits Russia; tsunami advisory issued, then canceled

For the second time in two months, residents and emergency officials around the Pacific rim of the United States were put on alert about a potential tsunami after a Russian earthquake. The magnitude 7 ...
Phys.org

Tsunami warnings are triggering mass evacuations across the Pacific—even though the waves look small. Here's why

One of the ten largest earthquakes ever recorded just struck Kamchatka, the sparsely populated Russian peninsula facing the Pacific. The magnitude 8.8 quake had its epicenter in the sea just off the ...
The Oakland Press

Some facts about the strongest earthquakes ever recorded

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia’s Far East early Wednesday, causing tsunami waves to wash ashore in Japan and Alaska and calls for people around the Pacific to be on alert ...
UNHCR

400 tonnes of UNHCR shelter, relief supplies bound for Aceh

GENEVA, Dec 31 (UNHCR) - More than 400 tonnes of shelter and other emergency supplies will soon be on their way to the tsunami-battered Indonesian province of Aceh as the UN refugee agency starts a ...