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It was registered at 247km North Northwest from Port Vila, Vanuatu; 745km North....Mon, 19 Mar 2018 06:55:00 +0100fijitimes-1d465d9e97f1d3b80c763d0b75539f6cfijitimesen-18.1426 178.431NaturalDisasters20180319065500http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=438471Update: 4:52PM A MODERATE size earthquake with a deep depth source location occurred in the Solomon Islands region this afternoon. The Mineral Resources Department's Seismology Unit confirmed that the does not pose any threat to Fiji. According to a release by the department the 5.Sun, 18 Mar 2018 06:14:00 +0100fijitimes-c60f5f77bbfa2b3f8fddf11dc0c96448fijitimesen-18.1426 178.431NaturalDisasters20180318061400http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=438124Update: 6:03PM A 5.0 MAGNITUDE earthquake occurred in the Vanuatu region this afternoon. The Seismology Unit of the Department of Mineral Resources in Suva reported that the earthquake occurred at a depth of 10km at 4:51pm today. It was registered at 210km North from Luganville, Vanuatu; 474km North....Thu, 15 Mar 2018 07:25:00 +0100fijitimes-16022c0b6f282c95a40405d9ea90bd82fijitimesen-18.1426 178.431NaturalDisastersFiji Times20180315072500http://www.pireport.org/articles/2009/09/29/19-dead-after-tsunamis-sweep-samoas14 fatalities reported in American Samoa. HONOLULU (Pacific Islands Report, Sept. 29, 2009) – A radio station in American Samoa today reported 14 deaths from a series of five tsunamis that swept the U.S. territory after a 7.9 quake hit about 120 miles west of Pago Pago.Sun, 11 Mar 2018 21:45:00 +0100pidp-a90611adbeb48e47930b1da3488fe25apidpen19.286168728198 166.639288252638NaturalDisastersNews agencyWest Coast/Alaska Tsunami WarningVisitor CenterRadio New ZealandMike Reynolds20180311214500http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=437133Update: 1:35PM THE Papua New Guinea region recorded a 6.7 magnitude earthquake at 2.13am today. The earthquake occurred at a 10km depth. It was registered 301km Southwest from Wewak, PNG; 697km Northwest from Port Moresby, PNG; 3205km Northwest from Noumea, New Caledonia; and 4181km Northwest from Suva, Fiji.Wed, 07 Mar 2018 02:57:00 +0100fijitimes-9359e42abc993796de90fbfd9c3c513cfijitimesen-18.1426 178.431NaturalDisastersFiji Times20180307025700http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=436939. Timoci Vula Tuesday, March 06, 2018. Update: 12:14PM A 5.1 MAGNITUDE earthquake Was recorded in the Fiji Islands region this morning. The seismic activity occurred at 6.33am at a depth of 683km. It was registered 290km Southeast from Nausori, 353km South-southeast from Labasa, 406km Southeast from Nadi, and 294km Southeast from Suva.Tue, 06 Mar 2018 01:19:00 +0100fijitimes-a67b76c43f596b94f8ca2e6a6a76b45efijitimesen-17.80978 177.507797NaturalDisastersFiji IslandsFiji Times20180306011900http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=436828Update: 2:39PM A 5.7 MAGNITUDE earthquake was recorded in the Papua New Guinea region this morning. The Seismology Unit of the Mineral Resources department said the moderate earthquake was recorded at a depth of 10km. The seismic activity was located 611km Northwest from Port Moresby, PNG; 1930km....Mon, 05 Mar 2018 03:44:00 +0100fijitimes-ec9f3bf20480fad6b9dfaaddb6c43c21fijitimesen-18.1426 178.431NaturalDisasters20180305034400http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/programmes/datelinepacific/audio/2018634257/dateline-pacific-evening-edition-for-1-march-2018Disaster teams in Papua New Guinea are still struggling to reach parts of the country hit hard by Monday's 7-point-5 earthquake: the Tongan branch of aid agency Live and Learn is still busy helping people patch up their homes two weeks on from the battering dished out by Cyclone Gita: Oceania....Thu, 01 Mar 2018 04:43:00 +0100rnzi-a08bc4a6e9ad1dd071500106203b8036rnzien-35.3499 149.042NaturalDisastersMigration20180301044300http://www.ibtimes.com/papua-new-guinea-earthquake-live-updates-no-tsunami-threat-79-magnitude-quake-2479133UPDATE: 3:05 a.m. EST — The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC), in its final alert , rescinded the tsunami threats following a 7.9-magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea at 4:30 a.m. UTC Sunday (11:30 p.m. EST). “The tsunami threat from this earthquake has now passed,” PTWC said.Wed, 28 Feb 2018 13:08:00 +0100ibtimes-431ae6d5f288540add91b0d64d516ecdibtimesen-13.2854915805501 -176.170736975708NaturalDisastersChris McKeeU.S. Geological SurveyUnited States Geological SurveyEmergencyPacific Tsunami Warning CenterThe Pacific Tsunami Warning Center20180228130800http://www.ibtimes.com/papua-new-guinea-earthquake-live-updates-tsunami-alert-issued-after-79-magnitude-2462143A computer graph at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center shows the area where an earthquake and tsunami warning was generated near Papua New Guinea, in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, Oct. 7, 2009. Photo: REUTERS/Hugh Gentry. UPDATE: 7:22 a.m. EST — The government of Fiji said Saturday there is no 'significant tsunami threat' to the country following the 7.Wed, 28 Feb 2018 13:08:00 +0100ibtimes-eafa019afec6020de1c57c3d84ec2154ibtimesen-35.3499 149.042NaturalDisastersCivilProtectionU.S. Geological SurveyEmergencyPacific Tsunami Warning CenterThe Pacific Tsunami Warning CenterNational Weather Service20180228130800http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=435980Update: 1:14PM A 7.4 MAGNITUDE inland earthquake was recorded in the Papua New Guinea region this morning. The earthquake was recorded at a depth of 10km. It was located 292km West from Goroko in PNG, 610km Northwest from Port Moresby in PNG, and 4091km Northwest from Suva.Mon, 26 Feb 2018 02:17:00 +0100fijitimes-75225fc27da7a26efcfadbdb14a1161dfijitimesen-18.1426 178.431NaturalDisasters20180226021700http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=435784Update: 4:19PM A 5.1 MAGNITUDE offshore earthquake was recorded in the Fiji Islands region this afternoon. The Seismology Unit of the Mineral Resources department confirmed that the earthquake occurred at depth of 622km. It was registered 92km Southwest from Doi village, Ono-i-Lau, 424km West from Nukualofa, Tonga and 416km Southeast from Suva.Sat, 24 Feb 2018 05:54:00 +0100fijitimes-a14b20c9a6084a5de47bceb68d8e4946fijitimesen-18.1426 178.431NaturalDisastersFiji IslandsFiji Times20180224055400https://reliefweb.int/report/fiji/fiji-adopt-new-drr-policyBy Andy McElroy. SUVA, 20 February 2018 – The enduring wisdom of the Japanese geophysicist Torahiko Terada – a pioneer of earthquake studies almost a century ago – is inspiring a Pacific nation’s effort to strengthen its disaster risk governance. Mr Terada’s famous maxim – ‘The next disaster will....Wed, 21 Feb 2018 10:17:00 +0100reliefWeb-4b494ea3e18e9bc97a9f1fe44238693creliefWeben35.6831 139.809EnvironmentNaturalDisastersManMadeDisastersCrisisResponse20180221101700http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=439211Update: 11:05AM TWO earthquakes were recorded in the Fiji region this morning, occurring slightly over an hour apart from each other. At about 7.08am, the first earthquake was recorded measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale. The seismic activity occurred at a depth of 551km, and was located 94km....Sat, 24 Mar 2018 00:16:00 +0100fijitimes-0bcc780a97ba11de300562d6eccf80bbfijitimesen-17.106371 177.270096NaturalDisasters20180324001600http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=436395Update: 3:32PM FIVE schools located along Nasese in Suva were today part of a tsunami drill, which also launched a new siren to be used in future alerts. The tsunami siren was activated in Nasese today after which the students of the five schools - Suva Grammar School, Veiuto Primary School, Sacred....Thu, 01 Mar 2018 06:08:00 +0100fijitimes-c544b760246d6078f0303438f3766aadfijitimesen-18.1426 178.431NaturalDisastersUNbodiesInia SeruiratuUnited NationsDevelopment Program20180301060800http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=436395Update: 3:32PM FIVE schools located along Nasese were today part of a tsunami drill which also launched a new siren to be used in future alerts. The tsunami siren was activated in Nasese today after which the students of the five schools, Suva Grammar School, Veiuto Primary School, Sacred Heart....Thu, 01 Mar 2018 05:14:00 +0100fijitimes-25fa2e715fd288e53ec2423f4f1ba8ddfijitimesen-18.1426 178.431NaturalDisastersUNbodiesInia SeruiratuUnited NationsDevelopment Program20180301051400https://www.agerpres.ro/documentare/2018/02/26/cutremure-cu-magnitudinea-peste-6-produse-in-lume-cronologie-2017-2018--61958Un puternic seism cu magnitudinea 7,5 s-a produs la 26 februarie 2018 în Papua Noua Guinee, informează USGS (US Geological Survey, serviciul de monitorizare geologică din SUA), citat de DPA şi Reuters. USGS a localizat epicentrul seismului la 90 de km sud de Porgera, în provincia muntoasă Enga, la o adâncime de 35 km.Mon, 26 Feb 2018 15:36:00 +0100agerpres-d4bd7093d4e060da782acd1d21a8c1f2agerpresro14.6096 121.006NaturalDisastersUS Geological SurveyUnited States Geological SurveyExxonMobil20180226153600http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=439316Update: 3:06PM THE Tonga Islands region recorded a 5.3 magnitude earthquake at about 2pm today. The Seismology Unit of the Mineral Resources department based in Suva said the earthquake occurred at a depth of 10km. It was located 231km South-southeast from Nuku'alofa, Tonga; 637km South-southwest from Alofi, Niue; and 923km Southeast from Suva.Sun, 25 Mar 2018 05:19:00 +0200fijitimes-9b8a3e07d83eb6eb464e51904819c63efijitimesen-19.0500047500816 -169.860169314311NaturalDisasters20180325051900http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=439570Update: 12:38PM A STRONG 6.6 magnitude earthquake was recorded in the Papua New Guinea region last night, occurring at a depth of 10km. The Seismology Unit of the Mineral Resources department in Suva said the earthquake was located 141km East from Kimbe, PNG; 1042km Northwest from Honiara, Solomon Islands; and 3252km Northwest from Suva.Tue, 27 Mar 2018 02:45:00 +0200fijitimes-58aa5e3ee4f5281c00ed6cfd21771dd2fijitimesen-18.1426 178.431NaturalDisasters20180327024500