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Feds: NY Hedge Fund Boss Funded Terror

Donations were funneled to Tamil Tigers

Oct 19, 09 1:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - A hedge-fund manager busted for insider trading has been contributing money to a Sri Lankan terrorist group, according to FBI agents. Raj Rajaratnam came under scrutiny in a federal probe into the Tamil Rehabilitation Organization, a charity which was charged with funneling money to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam,... More »

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South Pacific Avoids Tsunami After Big Earthquakes

Warning issued after off Vanuatu, canceled after only small wave materializes

Oct 7, 09 7:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tsunami warnings for a swath of the South Pacific—including American Samoa, Australia and New Zealand—issued after a pair of strong underwater earthquakes have been canceled after only a small wave materialized. Many residents had already moved to higher ground after the 7.8 and 7.1 temblors; American... More »

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Australia • tsunami • New Zealand • US Geological Survey • Vanuatu • earthquake • American Samoa

 Fresh Quake Rattles Tonga 

6.3 shaker jolts islands as relief efforts continue

Oct 2, 09 1:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The latest in a series of strong earthquakes to shake the South Pacific hit Tonga today. The epicenter of 6.3 magnitude quake was some 100 miles south of the 8.0 quake that hit the region earlier this week, spawning tsunamis that killed nearly 200 people and left thousands... More »

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tsunami • natural disaster • earthquake • aftershock • Tonga • Samoa • American Samoa

 Indonesia Quake 
 Toll Passes 1,000 

Samoa tsunami cleanup effort begins in earnest

Oct 1, 09 1:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - The death toll in Indonesia has reached 1,100 and is expected to keep rising. Rescue workers are scrambling to find earthquake survivors under trapped buildings, with "many hundreds more" injured or missing, says a top UN relief official. Rescue efforts have been hung up over a shortage of... More »

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Indonesia • South Pacific • tsunami • Pacific Ocean • Padang • Sumatra • earthquake • disaster • rescue mission • Samoa • American Samoa

 Samoa Tsunami Toll Hits 150 

Villagers describe terror of being trapped underwater

Oct 1, 09 8:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stunned Samoans combed through the sodden wreckage of their lives and told of the terror of being trapped underwater or flung inland by a tsunami that ravaged towns and killed at least 150 people in the South Pacific. Officials expect the death toll from Tuesday's disaster to rise as more... More »

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tsunami • natural disaster • disaster • Tonga • Samoa • American Samoa

 Indonesian Quake Toll 
 Passes 500, May 
 Hit Thousands 

Rescuers scramble to save victims trapped by two massive shakers

Oct 1, 09 3:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - The final death toll in two massive Indonesia earthquakes may reach into the thousands as rescuers scramble to free victims still trapped in crushed buildings. "We need aid as soon as possible. We need food and medicine. Our houses have collapsed," said a resident of the bustling port... More »

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Indonesia • tsunami • death toll • Padang • Sumatra • earthquake

 Tsunami Toll Reaches 100, 
 Obama Sends Disaster Aid 

Second earthquake near Indonesia triggers new wave warnings

Sep 30, 09 6:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - The death toll from the tsunami triggered by last night's 8.3-magnitude earthquake near Samoa has risen to more than 100, with fatalities reported across a number of islands. Barack Obama declared American Samoa a disaster area and has pledged "swift and aggressive" aid to the territory, where at... More »

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Indonesia • tsunami • natural disaster • Sumatra • Pacific Tsunami Warning Center • earthquake • disaster • Samoa • American Samoa

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 Post-Quake Tsunami 
 Kills 34 in Samoa 

8.3-magnitude temblor rattles American Samoa

Sep 29, 09 6:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - An 8.3-magnitude earthquake struck the area around American Samoa today, generating a tsunami that killed as many as 34 in the US territory and adjacent Samoa, an independent state. The waves at Pago Pago were 5.1 feet above normal—smaller than originally feared— but tsunami warnings went up... More »

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South Pacific • tsunami • Pacific Ocean • New Zealand • Hawaii • Fiji • earthquake • Tonga • Samoa • American Samoa • Pago Pago • Cook Islands

(Newser) - A powerful 7.4 earthquake today swayed buildings 125 miles south in Indonesia's capital city of Jakarta and triggered a tsunami alert, reports AP. There were no immediate reports of large waves, but several buildings in the town closest to the epicenter, Tasikmalaya, were damaged. More »

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Indonesia • tsunami • Jakarta • Pacific Tsunami Warning Center • earthquake

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 'Tasteless' WWF 
 Ad Exploits 9/11 

World Wildlife Fund uses attacks to prove environmental point

Sep 1, 09 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - The World Wildlife Fund roars right into "tasteless" territory with a new ad that plays off the 9/11 anniversary, writes David Gianatasio in the AdFreak blog of Adweek. The print ad shows hundreds of planes converging on lower Manhattan with copy that reads: "The tsunami killed 100 times... More »

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tsunami • advertising • global warming • World Wildlife Fund • 9/11 attacks

(Newser) - A California scientist says he's closer to predicting the kind of rogue waves that have terrified seamen for centuries, the BBC reports. Rising as high as 6 stories and destroying ships with a single wallop, such waves occur where sand banks and currents force wave energy to focus on a... More »

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tsunami • ship • waves • shipping

 7.1 Earthquake Rocks Tokyo 

No casualties, or threats of a tsunami, reported

Aug 9, 09 8:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 7.1 earthquake rattled Tokyo and surrounding areas today, AP reports. The strong quake, which struck just before 8 pm local time, disrupted trains and a professional baseball game, but so far there are no reports of damage or casualties, and no threat of a resulting tsunami. Japan is... More »

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tsunami • Japan • Tokyo • earthquake

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4 Earthquakes Strike Off Mexican Coast

No damage reported; 6.9 tremor felt as far away as Phoenix, LA

Aug 3, 09 3:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - A series of four earthquakes hit within an hour today under Mexico’s Gulf of California, BNO News reports. The second of the tremors, which at 9 miles deep were relatively shallow and thus more dangerous, registered a 6.9 on the Richter scale. No damage was immediately reported, and... More »

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tsunami • Mexico • Pacific Ocean • Richter scale • US Geological Survey • Pacific Tsunami Warning Center • tectonic plates • earthquake • Baja peninsula

(Newser) - Alaska and the US West Coast could be pounded by a tsunami far more powerful than researchers had previously thought, LiveScience reports. Analysis of soil samples shows evidence of two earthquakes in the past 2,000 years capable of producing waves that dwarf a 1964 tsunami one researcher calls “... More »

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California • Alaska • tsunami • Pacific Ocean • Washington • Oregon • natural disaster • earthquake • wave • continental US

 7.1 Quake Strikes Off Honduras 



Tsunami watch in effect for 3 Central American countries

May 28, 09 5:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - A powerful earthquake struck early this morning about 40 miles northeast of an island off the coast of Honduras, Reuters reports. No injuries have been reported, but the 7.1 magnitude quake triggered a tsunami watch for Honduras, Belize and Guatemala. The quake's epicenter is nearest to Roatan, an island... More »

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tsunami • Central America • Honduras • quake • earthquake

(Newser) - Strange debris strewn around Long Island proves that a tsunami slammed into the New York City region some 2,300 years ago, one scientist says. The balls of gravel he discovered, which match the dates of ancient fossils in the area, needed a powerful aquatic push to send them where... More »

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New York City • tsunami • science • earthquake

 Burst Jakarta Dam Kills 50 

'Mini-tsunami' destroys sleeping neighborhood

Mar 27, 09 2:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - At least 50 people were killed today when a Jakarta dam burst, unleashing a 10-foot-high "mini-tsunami" that destroyed a neighborhood, reports the Times of London. The dam burst before dawn as people slept. The toll is expected to soar as more bodies are discovered. One neighbor recalled how she... More »

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Indonesia • tsunami • dam • Jakarta • flash floods

 Powerful Quakes 
 Rock Indonesia 

Dozens injured by swarm of strong quakes north of Sulawesi

Feb 12, 09 4:39 AM CST
(Newser) - A series of powerful earthquakes injured at least 50 people and damaged hundreds of buildings in Indonesia's Talaud Islands today, reports CNN. A 7.2 magnitude quake centered north of Sulawesi was followed by some 20 strong aftershocks. Islanders fled to higher ground after a tsunami warning was issued; it... More »

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Indonesia • tsunami • tectonic plates • earthquake

 Maine's Freak 
 Waves Have 
 Experts Stumped 

Specialists guess at what caused 'mini-tsunami'

Nov 4, 08 2:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Researchers are perplexed about Maine’s “waves of biblical proportion” that had residents fearing the apocalypse last week, the Boston Globe reports. Just before low tide, New England harbors were flooded with 12 feet of water, which then receded in massive whirlpools, repeating three times in 15 minutes.... More »

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tsunami • Atlantic Ocean • storm • Maine • National Weather Service • Whirlpool

 Japan Quake Injures Dozens 

6.8 quake collapses buildings 300 miles north of Tokyo

Jul 24, 08 2:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - A powerful earthquake jolted north-central Japan early today, injuring over 100 people, according to initial reports. The 6.8 quake collapsed 31 buildings on Japan's main Honshu island, according to CNN. Thousands of homes lost power in a blackout and landslides cut off key roads Officals have warned of aftershocks... More »

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tsunami • Japan • earthquake • aftershock

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