Volcanoes act up in Ecuador, Philippines

Volcanoes act up in Ecuador, Philippines

The Province
18 Jul 2006

QUITO — Ecuador’s Tungurahua volcano spewed gas and ash for the fourth day yesterday as droves of evacuees returned home to salvage what little was left from their ash-covered villages. Tungurahua, located about 130 kilometres south of Quito, has been... read more...

Tsunami spotlights warning gaps

Tsunami spotlights warning gaps
By Nicholas Zamiska
The Wall Street Journal Europe
20 Jul 2006

Minutes after an earthquake off the Indonesian coast on Monday, about 400 government officials across the nation were sent a text message on their cellphones warning them of the underwater quake, which was similar to the one in late 2004 that spawned a... read more...

Seismograph on spot but data took detour

Seismograph on spot but data took detour
Leigh Dayton Science writer
Australian
19 Jul 2006

THE residents of Christmas Island did not get a tsunami warning, despite having a working seismograph locked safely in an underground vault. Instead, when Monday’s magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck 215km northeast of the Australian island, the... read more...

Deadly Tsunami Strikes Indonesia

Deadly Tsunami Strikes Indonesia

Los Angeles Times
18 Jul 2006

PANGANDARAN, Indonesia — A magnitude 7.7 earthquake spawned a 6-foot-high tsunami Monday that crashed into Indonesian beach resorts and fishing villages, killing at least 262 people and leaving at least 155 missing. Regional agencies had issued... read more...