this post was submitted on 14 Aug 2026
67 points (100.0% liked)

World News

57690 readers
2880 users here now

A community for discussing events around the World

Rules:

Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.


Lemmy World Partners

News !news@lemmy.world

Politics !politics@lemmy.world

World Politics !globalpolitics@lemmy.world

Ask Historians !askhistorians@lemmy.world


Recommendations

For Firefox users, there is media bias / propaganda / fact check plugin.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/media-bias-fact-check/

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
top 7 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] kaklerbitmap@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I only just recently read about antipodal earthquakes.

Checked out of curiosity and sure enough, Indonesia is the antipode of Colombia, which just had their massive quake a few days ago.

[–] Danitos@reddthat.com 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Just FYI: the country's name is Colombia, not Columbia.

[–] kaklerbitmap@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Sorry not sure if that was force of habit or autocorrect (I live on the Columbia River)

[–] Danitos@reddthat.com 2 points 6 days ago

Don't sorry about it mate :)

[–] Death__BySnuSnu@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Looks like the earth has had just about enough of our bullshit. On a more serious note, I hope everyone's okay.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Authorities issued a tsunami warning but later lifted it when Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency said monitoring showed no significant sea-level changes that would pose a threat to coastal communities.

[–] savvie@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency issued a tsunami warning for part of East Nusa Tenggara, West Nusa Tenggara, South Sulawesi and Southeast Sulawesi provinces, and urged residents to stay away from beaches and riverbanks. The agency located the shallow undersea quake near Flores island. Residents along affected coastlines were advised to move to higher ground as officials were closely monitoring coastal tide gauges for any changes.