Tsunami
Sea floor slab poses tsunami risk for Queensland
A enormous slab of sea floor is in the early stages of collapse off north Queensland, and could generate a tsunami when it finally breaks off, researchers warn.
Tsunami warning lifted after quake off coast of Fukushima
Japan has lifted a tsunami alert after a strong 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit 113 kilometres east of Fukushima.
Whaling, tsunami separate issues: Burke
Environment Minister Tony Burke has indicated he will not let Japan's recent tsunami misfortune affect Australia's tough stance on the country's whaling practices.
Post-tsunami fears prompt atomic protest
Shigemi Sato Protesters in Tokyo demonstrated against nuclear power yesterday, as Japan marked the three-month anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that killed tens of thousands and triggered one of the...
Japan's tsunami victims learning from an earthquake island's rebuilding mistakes
Martin Fackler On the night of July 12, 1993, the remote island of Okushiri was ripped apart by a huge earthquake and tsunami that now seem an eerie harbinger of the much larger disaster that struck north-eastern...
'Like a bad dream': sirens, prayers and sorrow as tsunami disaster remembered
Malcolm Moore in Ofunato Exactly a year after the tsunami struck, Japan comes to a standstill to remember 19,000 victims... and attempt to move on
Japanese tsunami boat drifts across Pacific
Vancouver A fishing boat lost in the massive Japanese tsunami a year ago has turned up off Canada's west coast.
Satellite images reveal Japan's tsunami was merger of two waves
Justin Mccurry The tsunami that devastated the north-east coast of Japan on March 11 was created by at least two wave fronts that merged to form a far more destructive ''double tsunami'', scientists in the US have...
Tsunami fears abate after Indian Ocean quake rocks Indonesia
Michael Bachelard A massive earthquake yesterday struck beneath the ocean 346 kilometres south-west of the Indonesian province of Aceh, generating tsunami warnings, but no big wave.
Quake rattles Mexico as Indon tsunami fears recede
Megan Levy and Michael Bachelard A strong earthquake has hit Mexico’s Pacific coast, shaking buildings and sending people running into the streets of the capital Mexico City as two further quakes struck off the US coast.
Earthquake, tsunami slam Japan
Offshore earthquake measuring 8.9 off the coast of northern Japan triggered a massive tsunami, engulfing coastal areas.
Japan engineers knew tsunami could overrun plant
Over the past two weeks, Japanese government officials and Tokyo Electric Power executives have repeatedly described the deadly combination of the most powerful quake in Japan's history and the...
Earthquake may have damaged reactor before tsunami
A radiation alarm went off at the Fukushima nuclear power plant before the tsunami hit on March 11, suggesting that contrary to earlier assumptions the reactors were damaged by the earthquake that...
Reactor no match for this tsunami, PM finally admits
The Japanese Prime Minister, Naoto Kan, has said for the first time that the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant's tsunami defences were inadequate, while reassuring the public that radiation leaks pose...
Dolphin saved after dumped in rice field by tsunami
A baby dolphin has been rescued in Japan after being dumped in a rice field by the giant tsunami that hit the coast on March 11.
Tsunami barrier plan to protect nuclear plant
Yuji Okada TOKYO: Plans are well under way to build a tsunami barrier near the No. 2 and No. 3 reactors at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, a spokesman for Tokyo Electric Power said.
Quake and tsunami could cost $235 billion: World Bank
The deadly earthquake and tsunami that hit northern Japan on March 11 could cost its economy up to $US235 billion, equivalent to 4.0 per cent of output, the World Bank says.
Tsunami victims stoic as compatriots in meltdown
Andrew Gilligan NINE days after the tsunami, the remarkable truth is this. The people who have lost everything are coping far better than the people who have lost absolutely nothing.
Tsunami killed thousands of seabirds
Thousands of seabirds were killed when the tsunami generated by last week's massive earthquake off Japan flooded Midway, a remote atoll north-west of the main Hawaiian islands, a US wildlife official...
Tsunami warnings carved in ancient stone
Martin Fackler The stone tablet has stood on the forested hillside since before they were born, but the villagers have faithfully obeyed the stark warning carved on its weathered face: ''Do not build your homes...
