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"A strong earthquake has occurred near Tonga and felt in whole of Tonga," the government said in a press release issuing the tsunami alert. The tsunami alert was lifted at about 3:30 a.m. local ...
The government of Tonga asked citizens to move inland early on Saturday after an earthquake of magnitude 7.3 struck the sea around 211 km (131 miles) from the capital, though a tsunami warning ...
Tonga: Tsunami sirens sound as 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes in Pacific Ocean. Source: Kepueli Fifita, Facebook; @rokaanow, Twitter;Tevita Vahai, Twitter
This is a list of earthquakes in Tonga: Earthquakes. Date Region Coords Mag. MMI Deaths Injuries Comments 2013-05-23 Vaini 7.4 M w VI [1] 2009-03-19: 7.6 M w: VII ...
Pakistan geologically overlaps both the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates. Balochistan, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan provinces lie on the southern edge of the Eurasian plate on the Iranian Plateau.
Event Disaster Location Date Affected Death Toll; Earthquake/Tsunami: Makran: 325 BC: 1935 Quetta earthquake: Earthquake: Quetta: May 31, 1935: 60,000 1945 Balochistan earthquake
Earthquake stikes Afghanistan and Pakistan and leaves at least 13 people dead
Since its establishment in 1947, Pakistan has been involved in numerous armed conflicts, both domestically and internationally.Historically and presently, the primary focus of its military operations has been on neighboring India, with whom Pakistan has fought four major wars, as well as the Siachen conflict, frequent border skirmishes, and standoffs.