Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines have issued tsunami warnings after a massive earthquake hit Taiwan Tuesday. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said tsunami warnings are in effect for coastal regions of the country. Taiwan experienced a 7.5 magnitude earthquake at 8:58 a.m. on Apr. 3, 2024. The depth was about 35 kilometers, or 21 miles, […]
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan issued an evacuation advisory for the coastal areas of the southern prefecture of Okinawa after a powerful earthquake triggered a tsunami warning. Tsunami waves of up to 3 metres were expected to reach large areas of Japan’s southwestern coast, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The warning came after a very shallow […]
Mar. 23—A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the South Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea, but did not pose a tsunami threat to Hawaii, authorities said today. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck at about 9:22 a.m. (Hawaii time) near Ambunti in East Sepik, Papua New Guinea, at a depth of about 22 miles. […]
TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Monday marked 13 years since a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the country’s northern coasts. Nearly 20,000 people died, whole towns were wiped out and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was destroyed, creating deep fears of radiation that linger today. As the nation observes the anniversary, AP explains what […]
Pep Guardiola felt Manchester City had survived a “tsunami” after the champions’ crunch Premier League title clash at Liverpool on Sunday ended 1-1. John Stones gave City a 23rd-minute lead in an absorbing contest at Anfield but the Reds hit back with an Alexis Mac Allister penalty early in the second half. Both sides had […]
Dow Jones futures will open Sunday evening, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures, heading into a huge week for earnings economic news. X The stock market rally continued to advance last week, with the Dow Jones and S&P 500 hitting fresh record highs on Friday. However, the Nasdaq struggled to advance after midday […]
A clip of waves washing away buildings and swallowing up fields has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times in social media posts that falsely claim it shows a tsunami triggered by a 7.5-magnitude earthquake off Japan’s western coast on January 1, 2024. The clip does show damage caused by a tsunami, but the footage […]
Footage of fishing buoys washed away by waves has been shared by social media users with a false claim that it shows the impact of a 7.5-magnitude earthquake which struck the western coast of Japan on New Year’s Day. The video in fact depicts scenes from the tsunami that hit Japan in March 2011. “Ohh, this […]
A doctored image was shared repeatedly in Korean-language social media posts falsely claiming it shows a victim of a tsunami triggered by the 7.5-magnitude earthquake which struck Japan in January 2024. The altered image has circulated since at least 2017, and is in fact a composite photo of the late South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun […]
The 7.5-magnitude earthquake that hit Japan’s western coast on January 1, 2024 triggered tsunami waves more than a metre high but a TikTok video of fishing boats battered by waves is unrelated to the disaster. The clip, which has racked up thousands of views alongside the false claim, has previously circulated in posts following the earthquake and tsunami […]
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea has protested to Japan over a tsunami advisory issued by its neighbour following the powerful New Year’s Day earthquake that featured a map displaying a group of its islands also claimed by Tokyo, officials in Seoul said on Tuesday. Although ties have improved in recent years, the […]
(AP) – Japan dropped its highest-level tsunami alert, issued following a series of major earthquakes on Monday, but told residents of coastal areas not to return to their homes as deadly waves could still come. The quakes, the largest of which had a magnitude of 7.6, started a fire and collapsed buildings on the west […]