Australia Tsunami Test Warning: Tsunami alert in Australia turns out to be test warning by authorities | World News – Times of India

Australians were thrown into panic on Wednesday after they received tsunami warnings on their weather app, only to be relieved later as it was revealed that the alert tuned out to be a test by Bureau of Meteorology.App users were alerted to an impending tsunami triggered by an 8.2 magnitude earthquake off New Zealand’s west…

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Japan issues its first-ever ‘megaquake warning’; know all about ‘big one’ – Times of India

The earthquake that hit southern Japan on Thursday was not a big deal for the country despite its magnitude 7.1 strength as the quake caused minimal damage, however, the earthquake was promptly followed by a major warning from Japan’s meteorological agency, stating that there was a heightened risk of a first-ever “mega earthquake”. In response…

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