Powerful earthquakes jolted the Indonesian island of Sulawesi today and triggered a tsunami that an official said swept away houses in at least two cities. Indonesia had declared a tsunami warning ...

A “tsunami threat” was issued for some parts ... may also prompt U.S.G.S. scientists to update the shake-severity map. An aftershock is usually a smaller earthquake that follows a larger ...

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JAKARTA: Indonesian activists on Thursday (Apr 3) decried a new regulation allowing police to monitor foreign journalists and researchers working in the country, a move they say would limit press ...

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"They typically are felt in Darwin and the area around it, probably more so than even the (Indonesian) islands in the nearby area ... Connolly said because the quake had hit so far below the surface, ...

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Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Share WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A tsunami warning was canceled for Papua New Guinea after a strong ...

Tsunami Warnings and Preparedness Tsunamis are often generated by undersea earthquakes, leading to grave concerns for coastal communities. However, reports from the Indonesian Meteorology Agency ...

The USGS issued a tsunami warning for waves of 1 to 3 metres along the Papua New Guinea coastline after the temblor on Saturday morning local time. A caution about smaller waves of 0.3 m was ...