Tuesday, June 02, 2009 SYDNEY: A strong 6.5-magnitude quake shook Vanuatu in the South Pacific on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said. The quake struck at a depth of 39 kilometres (24 miles) about 45 kilometres west of the capital Port-Vila at 1:17 pm local time (0217 GMT), it said. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii said the quake was not expected to generate a destructive tsunami. A 5.1-magnitude quake hit earlier Tuesday in nearly the same location. Vanuatu sits on the so-called Pacific Rim of Fire, where the meeting of continental plates causes high volcanic and seismic activity.
Friday, August 14, 2009 MUMBAI: A 26-year-old woman died Thursday of H1N1 swine flu in the southern city of Bangalore, raising India's death toll from the virus to 20, authorities said.The death was the first reported in India's information technology capital, the Press Trust of India reported.Meanwhile in Pune, the worst-affected in India, two more victims of the virus died Thursday, raising the death toll in that western city near Mumbai to 12, the report said. The victims were an 11-month-old boy and a 75-year-old old woman.US media reported movie halls, schools and colleges were ordered closed Thursday for three days to a week in Mumbai, the commercial and financial capital of the country, as fear of the pandemic spread.Prajakata Lavangare, a spokeswoman for the government of Maharashtra state of which Mumbai is the capital, said similar orders were issued in Pune, which is also located in the state.The woman who died in Bangalore was identified only as Roopa, a teacher in...
Comments