Tsunami Warnings
Staring down a tsunami isn't something you'd choose to do, but being prepared for them is still useful. Dr Barry Drummond from Geoscience Australia shared some tips with Eoin Cameron on the Breakfast...
View ArticleThe day Meckering moved
It's been 40 years since the Meckering earthquake hit, but for the locals who lived through the terrifying 40 seconds, it could been yesterday.
View ArticleWyclef cancels Australian tour
Former Fugees star Wyclef Jean has pulled out of a planned Australian tour to focus on Haiti relief efforts.
View ArticleHaitian hell
Aid worker Alison Thompson shares her sometimes shocking experiences from the disaster zone.
View ArticleBiggest quakes shake WA
Western Australia has recorded seven of the 10 biggest earthquakes in Australia over the past decade.
View ArticleEarth tremor hits Top End
The Northern Territory Bureau of Meteorology says an earth tremor hit the Top End overnight.
View ArticleGoldfields MP Graham Jacobs says authorities are examining how much...
Goldfields MP Graham Jacobs says authorities are examining how much assistance Kalgoorlie-Boulder quake victims need.
View ArticleFather, Hal Scurrah, rejoices as son survives second tsunami in Indonesia
"G'day Dad, how are ya?" were the sweetest words for Hal Scurrah when he answered the phone late last night and heard the voice of his missing son, Chris. Skipper of the Southern Cross vessel, Chris...
View ArticleWest Australian woman survives Christchurch earthquake
Alex Harper from Shoalwater, near Rockingham south of Perth, was having lunch in the centre of Christchurch in Cathedral Square when the 6.3 magnitude tremor hit. Alex Harper said it was difficult in...
View ArticleRockingham woman survives Christchurch earthquake
Alex Harper from Shoalwater, near Rockingham south of Perth, was having lunch in the centre of Christchurch in Cathedral Square when the 6.3 magnitude tremor hit.
View ArticleJapan disaster disrupts flight plans
Flight schedules for hundreds of passengers travelling to Japan have been disrupted by the earthquake and tsunami crisis.
View ArticleGrain exports will be effected by earthquake and tsunami in Japan
It could take Japan months and even years to recover from the devastation caused by Friday's earthquake and Tsunami. Obviously at the moment Japan's main concern is the tragic loss of so many lives....
View ArticlePerth woman in Japan won't walk out yet
In North Eastern Japan, on the tsunami savaged coastline, the scale of the destruction is proving difficult for relief agencies to get to people who maybe trapped in ruins.
View ArticleInvestors spooked by natural disasters and grain prices drop
The recent natural disasters and civil fighting events in Japan, Christchurch and the Middle East are starting to affect the price of some agricultural commodities. Unstable financial markets have...
View ArticleState Government commits money to Japan and NZ
The State Government has pledged half a million dollars to both the Japanese and New Zealand earthquake appeals.
View ArticleAustralian media accused of alarmist reporting of Japan
A Perth man who's been living in Japan for many years says he's concerned at what he says is 'alarmist reporting' on the Japanese earthquake and the nuclear issues there David May emailed the ABC 720...
View ArticleNuclear crisis won't slow WA's uranium race: analyst
A mining analyst says Japan's nuclear crisis won't dampen Western Australia's emerging uranium industry. Global uranium spot prices dropped from $US67 to $US55 per pound and company shares plummeted in...
View ArticleIron ore prices to stay bouyant despite Japan disaster, as Chinese demand...
The earthquake in Japan has disrupted iron ore trade flows, but it's only short term, and China remains the dominant market for Australia's iron ore, absorbing two thirds of supplies from Australia.
View ArticleMystery solved: Perthquake was a sonic boom
Callers flooded talkback radio stations today describing what many thought was a small earthquake and reported windows shaking. Seismologist David Jepson from Geo Science Australia confirmed a tremor...
View ArticleSonic boom causes supposed Perth earthquake
The Australian Defence force says it was a sonic boom created by fighter jets and not an earthquake that created a rattle through Perth buildings this afternoon.
View ArticleEarthquakes are back with a bang
According to experts, there have been more major earthquakes since 2004 than the previous 30 years.
View ArticleQantas offers redundancies to crew
Qantas has offered voluntary redundancies to its cabin crew in response to high oil, jet fuel prices and the impact of global natural disasters.
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