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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...

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The 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.

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Wyclef cancels Australian tour

Former Fugees star Wyclef Jean has pulled out of a planned Australian tour to focus on Haiti relief efforts.

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Haitian hell

Aid worker Alison Thompson shares her sometimes shocking experiences from the disaster zone.

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Biggest quakes shake WA

Western Australia has recorded seven of the 10 biggest earthquakes in Australia over the past decade.

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Earth tremor hits Top End

The Northern Territory Bureau of Meteorology says an earth tremor hit the Top End overnight.

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Goldfields 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.

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Father, 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...

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West 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...

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Rockingham 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.

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Japan disaster disrupts flight plans

Flight schedules for hundreds of passengers travelling to Japan have been disrupted by the earthquake and tsunami crisis.

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Grain 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....

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Perth 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.

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Investors 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...

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State 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.

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Australian 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...

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Nuclear 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...

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Iron 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.

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Mystery 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...

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Sonic 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.

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Earthquakes are back with a bang

According to experts, there have been more major earthquakes since 2004 than the previous 30 years.

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Qantas 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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