44 h. ago Crete earthquake latest: 6.1 quake sparks tsunami alert as tourists told to move away from coast

Residents in eastern Crete say earthquake woke them in the early morning as their beds started shaking

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46 h. ago Crete earthquake sparks tsunami fears as tourists told to 'reach higher ground'

Tourists in Crete have been hit with a second earthquake scare, sparking a new tsunami alert.

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49 h. ago Crete earthquake: Tourists ordered to 'move away from the coast' amid tsunami warning

Tourists in Crete, Greece have been made aware of another earthquake, which has again sparked a tsunami alert - just days after a similar scare on the holiday island

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49 h. ago Crete earthquake LIVE: Tourists ordered to 'move away from the coast' amid tsunami warning

Tourists in Crete, Greece have been made aware of another earthquake, which has again sparked a tsunami alert - just days after a similar scare on the holiday island

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4 d. ago Experts issue urgent warning over 1,000ft tall 'mega tsunami' set to hit parts of the US... is your hometown at risk?

With a rumbling wave up to a third of a mile high, thundering across the ocean at hundreds of miles per hour, the sheer destructive power of a mega tsunami is difficult to imagine.

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9 d. ago Greece earthquake LIVE: Crete hotel 'shook for 5 mins' as tourists run for hills

The powerful 6.0 earthquake struck parts of Crete in Greece early this morning, with tourists told to 'move away from the coast' amid the possible risk of a tsunami

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9 d. ago Tsunami warning issued in Greece as 5.9 magnitude earthquake sparks urgent alert

The alert follows a 5.9 magnitude earthquake that struck on Wednesday morning

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3 w. ago Chile issues evacuation alert as 7.4 earthquake sparks tsunami risk

Locals have been told to evacuate a coastal area of Magallanes, in the southern tip of the country

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