カテゴリー: Earthquakes
People in affected areas are still urged to evacuate after quake registering 7.7 magnitude Australian officials in Japan are urgently following up on the tsunami warning off the northeastern coast of the island of Honshu.The Australian government said:…
At least one person was killed by falling rubble in the Manado area when part of a building used by the local sport authority collapsed. The US tsunami warning system initially alerted the area to the risk of hazardous tsunami waves, before confirming …
Quake with epicentre west-north-west of Ternate island shakes cities and prompts regional tsunami warningOne person has been killed after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s Ternate island, damaging buildings and triggering small tsunami wave…
Officials said probability of a magnitude 8 or larger quake was only about 1% but they have urged people to be preparedJapan has issued a megaquake advisory after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Aomori, the northernmost prefe…
CCTV footage showed tremors in cities across north-eastern Japan on Monday after a powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake. Orders were given for about 90,000 residents to leave their homes but tsunami warnings were later downgraded to advisor…
A powerful earthquake in northern Afghanistan has killed at least 20 people and injured about 320, the Taliban health ministry said on Monday. The 6.3-magnitude quake also caused widespread damage to buildings across Balkh and Samangan provinces. The U…
Northern provinces of Balkh and Samangan worst hit by magnitude 6.3 quake, which also damaged Mazar-i-Sharif’s Blue MosqueA powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake shook northern Afghanistan before dawn on Monday, killing at least 20 people and injuring more…
Reports of panic and damaged buildings as strong quake hits PhilippinesFull report: prayers as strong shaking hits the PhilippinesPhilippines president directs agencies to aid evacuations and provide help to ‘everyone who needs it’Ferdinand Marcos, the…
Quakes of 7.4 and 6.8 magnitude trigger tsunami alerts as people living near coast advised to evacuateTwo powerful offshore earthquakes struck off the coast of the southern Philippines on Friday, killing at least seven people, while towns near the epic…
At least 60 people were reported dead by civil defence officials in the Philippines as a quake struck off Bogo, a city near the northern tip of the populous island of Cebu, late on Tuesday. Rescue teams worked through the night in an attempt to find su…
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 shook central Philippines on Tuesday night, sending people dashing out into streets, damaging a stone church and knocking out power in some areas. The earthquake was centred about 17km (10 miles) north-east o…
More than 700 aftershocks recorded while rescuers search for casualties in coastal city of BogoRescuers in the Philippines combed through rubble and mud after the deadliest earthquake in more than a decade killed at least 69 people, with patients overw…
Afghanistan is facing ‘several overlapping crises’, a UN official said, after thousands of homes were reduced to rubble in earthquakes this week. Survivors face a bleak future, with aid agencies warning of dwindling funds for food, shelter and medicine…
Villagers near epicentre of devastation in Kunar province say they have been left without adequate food, tents or medical help as harsh terrain and loss of foreign aid hamper responseIn the shattered houses of Wadeer village in Afghanistan’s Kunar prov…
South-east of country rocked as rescuers struggle to find survivors of first quake A magnitude 6.2 earthquake has shaken Afghanistan as the death toll from the devastating quake on Sunday rose to more than 2,200.It struck south-eastern regions on Thurs…