The region is home to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which went into meltdown after a tsunami in 2011.
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The quake jolted at 7:18am Jakarta time (0018 GMT) with epicenter at 83km southwest of the island and with the depth at 68km under sea bed, official in charge at the agency Wahyu Kurniawan said.
Having spent five days as a child clinging to a tree in the wake of a tsunami, Indian cyclist Deborah Herold has some perspective on the concept of fear of failure in the sporting arena.
Even at that time, it was pretty obvious that the unjust annulment was a huge elite conspiracy, well beyond the schemes and machinations, for which the then Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida, had established a formidable reputation. June 12 annulment was inspired and supported in spirit, cash and in kind by high-level citizens who saw an opportunity for themselves and cashed in upon it.
Thousands of people along New Zealand’s east coast fled their homes to head for higher ground as emergency services warned of destructive waves of up to five meters in some areas