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15 April – Australian cyclist Stuart O'Grady wins the Paris–Roubaix Classic. [42] 28 April – Australia wins the 2007 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies, beating Sri Lanka by 53 runs. [43] 23 May – Queensland defeat New South Wales 25–18 in the first State of Origin match in the 2007 series.
Australian and Canadian medical teams have also been deployed across the islands. [25] Papua New Guinea, itself affected by the tsunami, has contributed US$340,000 and a light plane that can better access smaller, more remote airstrips. [26] UNICEF issued an appeal for US$500,000 for both the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. [27]
The tsunami causes a meltdown at the TEPCO Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant causing Prime Minister Naoto Kan to resign five months later on August 25, 2011. The meltdown also displaced around 100,000 people from their homes, jobs, and farms in the nearly 12.5 mile exclusion zone around the plant.
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Pages in category "Tsunamis in Australia" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... 2006 Pangandaran earthquake and tsunami;
The 2007 Peru earthquake was the deadliest with 595 fatalities. The September 2007 Sumatra earthquake was the largest in 2007 with an 8.4 on the moment magnitude scale. The 2007 Solomon Islands earthquake caused a significant tsunami that killed 52 people. There were four 8.0+ earthquakes in 2007 which is the most ever recorded for a single year.
Pages in category "2007 disasters in Australia" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
A magnitude 7.6-7.7 earthquake struck near the coast of western Mexico on 19 September 2022. A tsunami about 1.75 m (5.7 ft) high was reported near the epicentre. [212] The tsunami was detected as far away as Ecuador, where tsunami waves as high as 12 cm (4.7 in) were observed. [213] 2023 Greenland 2023 Greenland landslide: Landslide