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The Australia earthquake anniversary

The New­cas­tle Earth­quake Dis­as­ter hap­pened at 1027 hours on Decem­ber 28, 1989, that is 25 years ago — with those involved and offi­cials hold­ing a memo­r­i­al ceremony. 

Although only at 5.5 on the Richter scale, the earth­quake had dev­as­tat­ing effects …

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The 2004 tsunami remembered

Per­haps the most destruc­tive tsuna­mi in his­to­ry killed about 230,000 peo­ple and engulfed Indi­an Ocean coastal areas in 12 coun­tries on Decem­ber 26, 2004. 

The Suma­­tra-Andaman earth­quake, also known as the Box­ing Day Tsuna­mi, start­ed as a mas­sive under­sea 9.1 magnitude …

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