December 26, 2004 Tsunami News

Tsunami news for Hobart, Australia

The 2005 projected population for Hobart, Australia is 47,756


Pod of twenty whales beached on remote coast 29 December 2004
...of Hobart on the southern island state of Tasmania. Scientists said it was impossible to tell if the mass beaching was linked to a huge earthquake recorded ... Daily Times,

Aussie coast at risk from NZ quake 29 December 2004
...is to the alpine fault as Sri Lanka is to the earthquake that has ... on the Sydney coastline and then it would diminish towards Brisbane and down towards Hobart.". ... The Age (subscription),

Earthquake: Coincidence or a Corporate Oil Tragedy? 29 December 2004
On December 27th, 20 whales beached themselves 110 miles west of Hobart on the ... 30 days is the same general area where the 8.1 Australian earthquake took place ... Independent Media TV

Disaster relief a new challenge Dec 28, 2004
It wasn't the deadliest earthquake but the world's immediate response - the largest relief ... tech yachting wonders angling to win the 60th Sydney to Hobart race. ... Sydney Morning Herald (subscription),

Day the Earth was shaken to its core Dec 28, 2004
...added that the Sumatra quake was worsened by an 8.1-magnitude earthquake that had struck on Christmas eve, about 800km southeast of Hobart, near Macquarie ... The Australian,

Tsunami: the risk to Australia 26 December 2004
...than others to a tidal wave caused by a seismic shift in an earthquake hotspot ... in yesterday it would have wiped out every boat in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race ... Seven.com.au,

Did Tasmanian tremor act as a catalyst for tsunami?: 27 December 2004
Geoscience Australia seismologist Cvetan Sinadinovski said the initial earthquake, 700 km southeast of Hobart, might have been the catalyst for the devastating ... New Kerala,

Tasmanian tremor may have been a catalyst 26 December 2004
Geoscience Australia seismologist Cvetan Sinadinovski said the earthquake 700km southeast of Hobart might have been the catalyst for the devastating tremors ... The Australian,

Huge earthquake rattles Tasmania Dec 24, 2004
...biggest earthquake in four years yesterday, but escaped damage. Measuring 8.1 on the Richter scale, it would have flattened a major city -- possibly Hobart, if ... Melbourne Herald Sun,

Antarctic expeditioners unscathed by earthquake Dec 23, 2004
The quake struck 400 kilometres north of the island, which is 1,500 kilometres south-east of Hobart. Although the earthquake was 30 times larger than the ... ABC Online,

Hobart shakes as quake hits island Dec 24, 2004
By HEATHER LOW CHOY. AN earthquake that struck 700km southeast of Hobart early yesterday was the world's biggest in four years. The ... NEWS.com.au,

Australia safe from tidal wave threat: scientists 26 December 2004
Dr Sinadinovski says an earthquake which struck 1,500 kilometres south-east of Hobart on Thursday may have contributed to the quakes in South-East Asia. ... ABC Online,

Tasmania gets a shake 26 December 2004
A MASSIVE earthquake, measuring 8.2 on the Richter scale, struck the area around Macquarie ... about 15 seconds, hit about 2am and was felt as far away as Hobart. ... Daily Telegraph,

Thousands of tourists flee Asian disaster zones 27 December 2004
Asian coastal resorts after huge tidal waves spawned by an earthquake battered the ... as we can, because it's just not safe for us," Nina Hobart, who traveled ... Tehran Times,

Large quake strikes off Tasmanian coast Dec 23, 2004
An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale has struck an area 700 kilometres south-east of Hobart. Police in Tasmania say ... ABC Online,

Scientists use Tassie quake to study inside of the earth Dec 24, 2004
A massive earthquake which struck 700 kilometres south-east of Hobart on Friday morning will help seismologists learn more about the internal structure of the ... ABC Online,

Monster quake hits Antarctic waters near New Zealand Dec 24, 2004
He said an earthquake of that size near a major populated area would ... 33km below the earth's surface, was centred 700km southeast of Hobart, in Australia's ... Taipei Times,

Massive quake strikes Antarctica Dec 23, 2004
Australia said the quake had a magnitude of 7.8 and was felt in Hobart and on the Tasmanian Peninsula. "This was an inter-plate earthquake between Indo ... NEWS.com.au,

Fast firies' face-first feast of spaghetti Dec 23, 2004
...not too hot for competitors to gobble up in the annual Spagfest in Hobart yesterday ... with Italian heritage as a way to raise money for Italian earthquake victims ... Hobart Mercury,

Biggest Quake of Year Shakes Ocean Floor South of Australia Dec 23, 2004
26 Sydney-Hobart yacht race said they weren't expecting the quake to affect the 1,010-kilometer (628- mile) contest, which they ... ``The earthquake was horizontal ... Bloomberg

Moments that shook the world to its core 27 December 2004
THE news of the earthquake off Sumatra would cause little surprise to those who ... As this year's Sydney-Hobart fleet heads across Bass Strait and into the gale ... Daily Telegraph,



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