Major Quake Rattles Southern New Zealand
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A powerful earthquake shook much of New Zealand's South Island on Tuesday, but emergency services said they had no immediate reports of injury or significant damage.
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A magnitude-6.8 earthquake off New Zealand's east coast rocked much of the country on Thursday, emergency officials said
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A strong earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale struck off the south Pacific island of Vanuatu, but no tsunamis or damage were reported, Australian seismologists said.
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A strong earthquake rattled the east coast of New Zealand's North Island on Thursday, causing some power outages and minor damage but no casualties.
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A huge earthquake has hit southern Asia, setting off a tsunami that has drowned hundreds in Sri Lanka and India, sent Indonesians rushing to high ground and washed
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Australia's southern state of Tasmania  was rocked by the world's largest earthquake in  three-and-a-half years when it struck under the sea half way  between Australia and Antarctica on Friday, seismologists said.
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Australia&#39;s southern state of Tasmania was rocked by the world&#39;s largest earthquake in three-and-a-half years when it struck under the sea half way between Australia and Antarctica on Friday, seismologists said.
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A strong earthquake with a magnitude of   up to 7.0 hit near the South Pacific nation of Samoa on   Thursday and triggered a small tsunami but there were no   reports of damage, officials said.
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An earthquake near the South Pacific nation of Samoa has triggered a tsunami, a warning centre says.
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A strong earthquake shook the ground of northern Japan Wednesday, following a string of quakes and aftershocks that started over the weekend and killed 31 people.
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A magnitude-6.8 earthquake off New Zealand's east coast rocked much of the country on Thursday, emergency officials said.
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A strong earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale has shaken Indonesia&#39;s Sumatra island, toppling several homes in restive Aceh province and causing widespread panic, officials and media reported.
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A tsunami warning was issued for a group of islands south of Tokyo after a strong earthquake off Japan's eastern coast on Wednesday, Japan's Meteorological Agency said. A magnitude 6.8 earthquake, the focus of which was about 6.2 miles below the seabed in the Pacific Ocean struck at around 3:11 p.m. (1:11 a.m. EST), the agency said.
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An earthquake measuring 7.4 on the  Richter scale shook western Japan on Sunday, the second strong  quake to hit the area in five hours, forcing hundreds to  evacuate as quake-generated tsunami waves approached.
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The world's biggest earthquake in almost four years, measuring 8.1 on the Richter scale, was registered off the coast of Australia's southern island state of Tasmania, seismological officials said.
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A massive earthquake which struck 700 kilometres south-east of Hobart on Friday morning will help seismologists learn more about the internal structure of the earth.
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A strong earthquake rattled the east coast of New Zealand on Thursday, causing some power outages and minor damage but no casualties.