Tsunami

The powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake that killed two people on the Greek island of Kos Friday at 1.30, caused a mini tsunami at the island’s port.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 hit the southern Japanese island of Kyushu on Tuesday, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, according to Reuters. 

The quake was centered just offshore from the city of Kagoshima, NHK public television said.

A massive earthquake of magnitude 7.8 shaked the North Pacific, between the Aleutian islands of Alaska and the Russian peninsula of Kamchatka, the Geophysical Institute of the United States said, quoted by world agencies.

Summer is here and one of many ways to take notice of it (apart from the burning Sun) is the tsunami of photos with celebrities posing with…almost nothing under the Greek blue sky!

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Footage has emerged of a mini tsunami hitting the coast of The Netherlands catching beachgoers off guard with a seven foot tidal wave.
According to local media, the phenomenon is so rare that it is the first time it has been so well filmed and documented.
The first reports of an approaching tidal wave of a medium height were at around 5.45am on Monday morning.

A 6.8 earthquake has struck south of the Philippines island of Mindanao, triggering a brief warning of "hazardous tsunami waves" for the country's coastlines, according to the US Geological Survey and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6 struck off Indonesia's Maluku Islands on Jan. 14. 

The 7.3-magnitude quake was measured at a depth of 380 miles (617 km) at 2:13′ pm local time. According to the US Geological Survey (USGS) the quake struck in the centre of the Celebes Sea, off Sulu.

An aftershock of 4,9 magnitude was recorded 12 minutes later.

A major 7.6 magnitude earthquake jolted southern Chile on Dec. 25, prompting thousands to evacuate coastal areas, but no fatalities or major damage were reported in the tourism and salmon farming region. 

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.7 struck 225 km (140 miles) southwest of Puerto Montt in southern Chile on Dec. 25, the United States Geological Survey has said. 

It was earlier reported as magnitude 7.6. 

The quake's depth was measured at about 15 km (nine miles).