Suspected meteor rattles N.Zealand's South Island
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A suspected exploding meteor  plummeted to earth over New Zealand on Tuesday, leaving a long  white trail and causing a sonic boom that rattled windows  across the Pacific nation's South Island.
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A powerful typhoon has also hit Japan&#39;s southern islands, injuring 21 people, and the Meteorological Agency warned the storm could bring heavy rains and mudslides to areas hit by the temblors.
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Two cyclones battered outlying areas of three South Pacific islands with strong winds, heavy rains and large seas, but there were no reports of major damage or injuries, weather officials said on Wednesday.
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A fiery meteorite crashed into southern Peru over the weekend, experts confirmed on Wednesday. But they were still puzzling over claims that it gave off fumes that sickened 200 people.
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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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An earthquake with a magnitude of at least 4.5 struck off the northwest coast of the Big Island on Thursday in the same area where two stronger temblors struck last month.
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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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Astronomers in Indonesia say a large meteor was the most likely explanation for a loud explosion which was heard in Jakarta on Sunday.
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A strong earthquake struck New Zealand on Thursday night, collapsing at least three older buildings in one coastal city on North Island, sparking small fires and forcing authorities to declare a state of emergency there.
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South Island residents can expect a swarm of strong aftershocks over the next two to four days, Dunedin-based GNS geologist Simon Cox said.
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A 3.1-magnitude earthquake shook the crater at Mount St. Helens on Saturday, the strongest quake at the volcano since mid-October.
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A powerful winter storm battered central New Zealand Wednesday, blocking key highways and railroads with snow and debris and halting plane and sea ferry service to the capital, authorities said.
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Strong aftershocks continued to rattle Niigata Prefecture on Monday after a series of devastating quakes on Saturday night left 25 people dead and more than 2,500 others injured, the Meteorological Agency and police said.
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Tokyo was shaken by an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 5.8 late this morning, Japan&#39;s Meteorological Agency said on its Web site.
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A strong earthquake with a magnitude of   up to 7.0 near the remote Samoa islands group in the South   Pacific had generated a tsunami, the Pacific Tsunami Warning   Center said on Thursday.
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A tsunami warning was issued for a group  of islands south of Tokyo on Wednesday after a strong  earthquake off Japan's eastern coast, and authorities urged  local residents to evacuate to higher ground.
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A large explosion heard over Jakarta is believed to have been caused by a suspected meteor that was seen streaking across the sky over the Indonesian capital.