COLOMBO (News 1st);  A powerful magnitude-7.6 earthquake struck Ishikawa Prefecture on Monday (1), triggering a major tsunami warning for the region. Residents along the Japan Sea coast, including those in Niigata, Toyama, Yamagata, Fukui, and Hyogo prefectures, were urged to evacuate immediat...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Today marks the 19th anniversary of the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami that slammed into Sri Lanka's coastline on December 26, 2004.  Triggered by a massive earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, the tsunami unleashed waves reaching up to 30 meters (98 f...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Disaster Management Center said a Regional Tsunami Simulation Exercise will be held on Wednesday (04). In a statement, the DMC said the exercise will be held with the participation of 28 countries in the Indian Ocean region. This has been organized with the aim of developin...

COLOMBO (News 1st); An earthquake of magnitude-7.3 has struck west of Indonesia's Sumatra Island and Sri Lanka's National Tsunami Early Warning Center said there is NO Tsunami threat to Sri Lanka. It added that Sri Lanka's coastal areas are declared as safe.  The European-Mediterr...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - A two-minute silence will be observed across Sri Lanka on Monday (26) to remember the victims of the massive tsunami that struck the island nation in 2004. The two-minute silence will be observed from 9.25 a.m. to 9.27 a.m., said the Government Information Department. On Boxin...