Most of the British Virgin Islands are protected by a broad, shallow continental shelf, with waves losing energy as they roll ...

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The U.S. Tsunami Warning System issued a tsunami threat after the quake, saying hazardous waves were possible for coasts near ...

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center earlier warned of waves of up to 3m (10ft) above tide level reaching the Philippine coast.

The 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the southern Philippines island of Mindanao and prompted a tsunami ...

Last week, Cebu province in Philippines was rocked by a 6.9 magnitude earthquake that killed at least 74 people and left ...

A massive earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula in late July triggered a tsunami that rippled across the Pacific — and ...

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu had warned of a “destructive tsunami” within 300 kilometres (186 miles) of the epicentre.

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck Indonesia’s Papua province on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey ...

The epicentre of the earthquake was located around 200 km from Abepura. However, no tsunami warning has been issued so far.

An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 hit off a southern Philippine on Friday morning - and concern has ...

Irish Times opinion poll features ‘speaks Irish’ as a choice for ‘most important’ value in presidential candidate for first ...