Japan earthquakes: tsunami alert dropped but residents told not to return to homes

The quakes, the largest of which had a magnitude of 7.6, started a fire and collapsed buildings on the west coast of Japan’s main island, Honshu Japan has dropped its highest-level tsunami alert after issuing one after a series of … Read More

Magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes Indonesia, triggers Tsunami warning

A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck west of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island on Tuesday, Indonesia’s geophysics agency (BMKG) said, triggering a tsunami warning. The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) earlier pegged the quake at 6.9 magnitude. The quake, at 84 kilometer (52.2 miles) … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – February 10, 2023

Greetings from Tyler, They must have thought it was the end of the world when buildings collapsed by the hundreds.  The death toll is somewhere north of 20,000 and rising.  Every time they find someone alive in the rubble it’s … Read More

7.3 magnitude earthquake hits Tonga, triggering temporary tsunami advisory

A powerful underwater earthquake struck Friday off Tonga in the southern Pacific, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami advisory that was later lifted. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 7.3 quake was centered 132 miles east-southeast of Neiafu, Tonga, … Read More

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