Tonga, tsunami and earthquake
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The Associated Press |
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit near Tonga early Monday morning, causing slight damage and brief evacuations before the threat of a tsunami hitting the Pacific island country passed.
The New York Times |
Across Myanmar, more than 1,600 people were confirmed dead and more than 3,000 were injured in an earthquake that struck on Friday. It was the worst quake there in over a century.
NBC News |
1,600 people are confirmed dead, and the toll is expected to rise.
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Yahoo's live news blog for Monday, March 31 has now concluded. A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off of Australia's Pacific neighbour Tonga overnight, which briefly triggered a tsunami warning for the island nation.
Days after Myanmar's deadly earthquake, the Pacific island country, Tonga, jolted with a magnitude 7.0 earthquake.According to CBS News, a major earthquake hit an archipelago nation in the South Pacific Ocean that comprises some 170 islands
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake jolted 79 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga, at 1:18 local time on Monday, the US Geological Survey said. T
A massive earthquake of 7.7 magnitude struck Myanmar on Friday, with equally strong tremors rocking the neighbouring Southeast Asian country of Thailand.The quake struck at a depth of 10km, about 17.2km from the city of Mandalay in Myanmar,
A 6.7 earthquake hit off the coast of New Zealand. According to USGS, the earthquake hit around 2:43 p.m. on Tuesday, local time. USGS reports the earthquake was 10 km deep, 159 km from Riverton, New Zealand at the southwestern end of the South Island.
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