For the fourth time in less than 11 hours, a major earthquake rocked the South Pacific Ocean near the island nation of Vanuatu on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
Four major quakes strike South Pacific
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Teen returns home to find family among quake dead
Septiani Lenianingsih stands off to the side, away from the crowds that have gathered to watch the backhoe at work. The land the machine is plowing through was once the village of Malalak, but it’s now a mass grave.
Indonesia: One family’s anguish in a national tragedy
Harayenti’s voice starts out strong as she speaks about the moment the major earthquake struck last week. “My only thought was ‘run, run,'” she said.
Hundreds still missing in aftermath of Indonesia quakes
Hundreds remained missing Sunday beneath mud and debris in Indonesian villages from a pair of devastating earthquakes that struck the country at its center.
Agencies working to aid Samoans hit by quake, tsunami
Five days after a deadly earthquake and tsunami slammed into the Samoan Islands, burying parts of the islands under a sea of mud and debris, U.S.
Mom in tsunami: I saw my daughter floating away
Taitasi Fitiao was holding her six-year-old daughter’s hand when a tsunami wave crashed onto their coastal village in American Samoa. “I held her hand.
Strong quake shakes Tonga
A strong earthquake Friday rattled Tonga — and more than a few nerves.
In Indonesia, A City’s Worst Fears Come to Pass
Sooner or later, citizens of Padang feared they would be next. Sitting on the same earthquake faultline that triggered the deadly 2004 Asian tsunami, the Indonesian city of 900,000 on the island of Sumatra is one of the world’s most vulnerable to seismic activity.
How Prepared Are Countries for a Tsunami?
Early in the morning of Sept. 29, an earthquake deep under the Pacific caused a massive tsunami to devastate the islands of Samoa and American Samoa, killing 111 people, devastating villages and flattening homes.
American Samoans pulling together after quake, tsunami
Residents of close-knit American Samoa are pulling together to help Pago Pago recover from Tuesday’s devastating earthquake and tsunami, one of them told CNN on Wednesday. “That’s how we operate over here in American Samoa — basically everyone is related,” said iReporter Maneafaiga T.