Tsunami

On Tuesday, the 7.0 earthquake took place approximately 2.5 miles east-north-east of Los Órganos de San Agustín and eight miles from the Pacific Coast beach resort city of Acapulco.

The Santa Pola coastal community in Spain experienced a sharp rise in water levels, potentially caused by air pressure changes.

A tsunami warning is in effect for parts of Alaska after an 8.2 magnitude earthquake hit the North American coast. Follow Newsweek's live blog for all the latest.

Officials had asked those in tsunami hazard zones to evacuate inland or to higher ground.

After New Zealand was hit with a third earthquake, officials have issued another tsunami warning after cancelling an earlier advisory.

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A warning has been issued after the quake hit southeast of the Loyalty Islands, east of Australia, on Wednesday.

Sections of the Alaska peninsula coast were under tsunami warnings on Monday after a quake struck in the North Pacific.

Scientists warn that an unstable mountain slope above Barry Arm could collapse, triggering a massive landslide.

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Over the past decade, landslides have been responsible for generating giant waves in Alaska and Greenland.

Following the quake, tsunami warnings were issued but these were subsequently retracted.

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Some 500,000 people live in Campi Flegrei's "red zone." Researchers say the government's emergency plan should acknowledge the possibility of tsunamis if an eruption occurs.

Indonesia's Meteorology, Geophysics and Climatology Agency urged anybody near the coastline to keep a distance of at least 500 meters.

"With the tsunami, we can only pray humbly and not celebrate much for this year's Christmas," Pastor Rusman Anita Sitorus said.

Rescue workers are still battling to reach the hardest-hit areas of Saturday's disaster.

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"If there is looting again, we will quickly fire a warning shot and then shoot to immobilize," said Ida Dewa Agung Hadisaputra, a local military colonel.

Officials have said the waves produced by the magnitude 7.1 quake do not pose a threat to Hawaii.

The death toll is expected to rise once the rubble of more than 13,000 flattened and damaged houses is cleared away.

"There are 180 inhabitants, and we are very concerned and afraid," one resident said.

The quakes came two hours apart and were likely caused by tectonic shifts in the Mariana Trench.

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Seven years ago, Japan was struck by a massive earthquake and tsunami that killed almost 15,000 people and triggered a nuclear meltdown. 

A number of webpages for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration featured alerts that pages would not be updated.

Parts of the U.S. and Canada have been issued tsunami warnings after the 8.0-magnitude quake.

The last major earthquake from this zone was in 1700.

The quake was the second recorded in New Caledonia in 12 hours and the third in a month.

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