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Pakistan’s coastal areas at risk from both local and regional tsunamis
Islamabad, July 11 (ANI): A new study has determined that Pakistan is among those countries whose coastal areas are at risk from both local and regional tsunamis.
According to a report in The Daily Times, officials at the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Pakistan, carried out the study.
The report said that the Makran Range, with its [...]
Solomon Islands quake sheds light on enhanced tsunami risk
Washington, April 10 (ANI): Geoscientists have said that the 2007 Solomon Island earthquake may point to previously unknown increased earthquake and tsunami risks because of the unusual tectonic plate geography and the sudden change in direction of the earthquake.
On April 1, 2007, a tsunami-generating earthquake of magnitude 8.1 occurred East of Papua New Guinea off [...]
