Wednesday 22 May, 2013
The earth’s rotation sped up by over a microsecond because of the 8.9 magnitude earthquake.
The minister for trade and development has said that Ireland is standing by to provide assistance.
Stocks rose but oil prices fell in response to the terrible events in the Pacific.
A timeline of how today’s terrifying events have unfolded, beginning with the magnitude 8.9 earthquake which struck at 5.46am Irish time.
5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock.
With still many unaccounted for one news agency says the death toll is expected to rise above 1,000 people.
Reports that scientists had established a link between the activities of the sun and moon with the today’s Pacific tsunami have been dismissed by Irish astronomers.
Cities, towns and farmland seriously damaged by the 8.9 magnitude quake today, which then triggered tsunami.
Officials at the Department of the Taoiseach and Department of Foreign Affairs have so far made no official comment on the matter.
Indonesia and Guam have both lifted their tsunami warnings, after waves of just 10 centimetres hit the eastern Indonesian coast.
Tsunami warning centre explains that a tsunami is not always just one wall of water but a constantly-encroaching sheet of water that will swamp coastal regions.
Weather centres around the Pacific rim show trajectory of deadly wave.
A volcano has erupted in Indonesia, just hours after an earthquake in Japan created a Pacific-wide tsunami.
People in the areas affected by the Pacific tsunami have uploaded photographs on social networking sites.
The Pacific tsunami has hit Taiwan causing minimal damage – it is due to hit the vulnerable Indonesia islandssoon.
Map shows how shallow the focus of earthquake is – red and orange spots denote shocks less than 25km from the surface.
The low lying Pacific islands may be swept over as a powerful tsunami hits the region – meanwhile Indonesia is bracing itself, as warnings indicate it will be the first area to be hit after Japan.
AT LEAST 26 people have now been reported dead in today’s 8.9 magnitude earthquake, which struck off the northeast coast, sparking a massive tsunami, according to Japan’s meterological agency. Three of the dead were crushed to death when their houses collapsed in Ibaraki prefecture, Al Jazeera reports.
Emergency services are fighting at least 44 fires across the country.
Meanwhile, a small tsunami is expected to hit Indonesia in the next hour. More to come.
CCTV footage records Sendai airport being submerged by the tsunami.
Some 11,000 people have been evacuated from the Pacific islands by the Russian authorities in anticipation of a tsunami.
Map shows the extent of earthquake activity – the bigger the square, the bigger the quake.
Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and Central and South America and the rest of the Pacific Ocean have been issued with tsunami alerts.
Tsunami warnings have been issued for multiple countries in the Pacific Rim. The Japanse Prime Minister confirmed that a nuclear power plant in the north has been closed down but declared the situation safe so far.
A NEW STUDY has claimed that the number of deaths caused by smoking in the home could be comparable to the number of road deaths recorded in Ireland.
According to the NUI Galway-led research, the concentration of particulate pollution in the homes of smokers (who smoke indoors) is six-times higher than the World Health Organisation’s recommendation for general outdoor air quality, 10 times the allowable level for healthy breathing in homes and up to 17 times greater than levels actually found outdoors.
Smoking at home causes greater levels of air pollutants than using solid fuels such as coal, wood, peat and gas, says Dr Marie Coggins.
Since the introduction of the smoking ban in Ireland, many people have found it easier to stop people smoking in their own homes. So, in today’s poll we ask: Do you allow smoking in your home?
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