A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 hit off the Pacific island nation of Fiji late Monday but it was too deep ...
A 6.4-magnitude quake hit the Santa Cruz islands in the South Pacific on Friday, seismologists said, a day after a series of huge ...
A major 7.3 earthquake struck off Vanuatu just minutes after a 7.8 quake nearby triggered a tsunami warning for large parts of the South Pacific, the US Geological Survey said Thursday. The earthquake struck 330 kilometres (205 miles) from Luganville on Vanuatu's ...
An 8.1-magnitude quake hit the Santa Cruz islands in the South Pacific early Thursday, seismologists said, and a tsunami warning had been issued for Vanuatu and other nearby countries. Copyright 2009 AFP Asian Edition
National prayer service, mass burials prepared for victims of the South Pacific tsunami Mourning islanders of American Samoa were set to hold a national prayer service Sunday for victims of the tsunami that obliterated villages on the shores of the South Pacific ...
Jacinta Tavita, left, and Lemalie Asera wash dishes at a camp housing survivors at Vailoa village along Samoa's south east coast Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009, after a deadly tsunami rolled through several South Pacific island nations on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) Copyright ...
Emergency workers gave up hope of finding more survivors from the horrific Samoan tsunami as survivors buried their dead and cleared debris from the disaster that killed at least 155. While thousands of homeless huddled in makeshift hillside camps, officials said the ...
LALOMANU, Samoa (Reuters) - Grieving Samoans buried their dead in unmarked beachside graves on Thursday as the gruesome task of recovering bodies from villages destroyed by four tsunamis continued and an aftershock shook the region. Some Samoans started rebuilding their South Pacific ...
Emergency workers Thursday gave up hope of finding more survivors from the horrific Samoan tsunami as its feared death toll climbed toward 190. While thousands of homeless huddled in makeshift hillside camps, officials said the massive international aid effort had switched from ...
At least 14 people were reported killed in American Samoa following the powerful earthquake and tsunami which hit the area early Tuesday, radio KSBS-FM reported. Another five people were feared dead in neighbouring Samoa. The earthquake, with a revised magnitude of 8.0 ...
A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0 struck off the South Pacific island nation of Samoa on Tuesday, wiping out villages and killing 19 people in the region, reports said. At least 14 people were reported to have died in American ...
