Indonesian quakes trigger tsunami alerts
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Indonesia was shaken Thursday by the third powerful earthquake in less than 24 hours, and survivors described watching in horror as the ocean retreated and raced back to shore as a 10-foot-high tsunami.
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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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Colombo, December 27: Sri Lanka&#39;s National Meteorological Centre said on Monday it had detected tremors near the Indonesian island of Sumatra and warned more small tsunamis were on their way.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia  -- A powerful earthquake hit Indonesia on Wednesday, causing buildings to sway strongly in the capital, and authorities issued a tsunami warning for much of the Indian Ocean region.
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Indonesia's meteorology agency issued a tsunami warning on Friday after another strong earthquake struck southern Sumatra island.
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HONOLULU, Hawaii (DPA): Waves unleashed by a devastating 9.0-magnitude undersea earthquake in the Indian Ocean have increased sea levels in Pacific Ocean ports, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu said in an advisory Monday.
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As the Asian tsunami focuses world attention on natural disasters, experts on Wednesday called for a global early warning system for all such catastrophes as soon as possible.
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A powerful earthquake hit Indonesia on Wednesday, causing buildings to sway in the capital, and authorities issued a tsunami warning.
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A strong earthquake measuring 7.0 struck off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island on Thursday, briefly triggering panic and a tsunami alert, the Indonesia meteorological agency said.
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A strong undersea earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia on Thursday, briefly triggering a tsunami alert, the country's meteorological and geophysics agency said.
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NEW DELHI - The Indian government on Thursday issued fresh alerts for all areas hit by the weekend&#39;s killer tsunami, prompting panic-stricken people to flee coastal areas.
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An earthquake of magnitude 7.3 jolted Alaska's Aleutian Islands in the northern Pacific on Wednesday, Japan's weather agency said, triggering a tsunami advisory for Hawaii.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- A powerful earthquake rocked parts of Indonesia's Sulawesi Island today, damaging houses and triggering widespread -- but unfounded -- fears of another tsunami in a country still traumatized by last month's disaster. No injuries were reported.
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Indonesia briefly issued a tsunami alert Thursday after a strong earthquake rocked the east of the country.
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PADANG, Indonesia - The ground shook so hard that Yulinar had to grab a table to steady herself. Minutes later, she heard a warning crackling over the speakers of the neighborhood mosque - a tsunami could crash into her fishing village on Indonesia's Sumatra island at any minute.
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By Kozo Mizoguchi Associated Press  TOKYO -- Japan has launched a satellite-based alert system that will instantly send warnings of tsunamis and updates on volcanic activity to help speed evacuations, an emergency official said.
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Indonesia plans to set up a tsunami warning system to prevent a repeat of the deaths caused by the Indian Ocean disaster.