カテゴリー: Earthquakes
Aid agencies plead for funds as rough terrain hinders relief effort and 98% of buildings in one province are damagedThe death toll from a major earthquake in Afghanistan this week has jumped to more than 2,200, just as another magnitude 6.2 earthquake …
At least 800 people have been killed and some 2,000 injured after a shallow magnitude 6.0 earthquake and several aftershocks shook Nangarhar and Kunar in eastern Afghanistan overnightAfghanistan earthquake: Taliban appeals for international aid as resc…
A Taliban health ministry spokesperson appealed for international assistance to support victims of a powerful earthquake that has killed more than 800 and injured at least 2,500. ‘We urgently call on humanitarian organizations to step in and provide im…
Taliban appeal for aid, with casualties expected to increase as rescue teams struggle to reach isolated areas The Taliban have called for international aid as Afghanistan reels from an earthquake that killed more than 1,400 people and left thousands m…
People tell of losing children and other relatives and of digging their way out of the rubble after the disasterAfghanistan earthquake – latest updatesIt was almost midnight when Hameed Jan was jolted awake in his bed by a deep rumble. Powerful tremors…
Several villages in Kunar province ‘completely destroyed’, says public health ministry, as rescue operations take place. This live blog is closedMagnitude 6 earthquake hits eastern AfghanistanHow have you been affected by the earthquake?One resident in…
A magnitude-6 earthquake hit eastern Afghanistan at about midnight on Sunday, triggering landslides and flooding. Searches for survivors were hampered as roads to affected areas were destroyed or blocked by rubble in a region where the terrain is steep…
Rescue efforts hampered by steep terrain after shallow quake that was felt more than 100 miles away in KabulAfghanistan earthquake – latest updatesA powerful earthquake that hit eastern Afghanistan has left more than 800 people dead and injured about …
One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded triggered a tsunami – and a race against timeOn Wednesday, one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded hit a sparsely populated region in far-east Russia.It triggered a tsunami that started cros…
In today’s newsletter: Years of preparation and global coordination ensured communities from Japan to Hawaii were not caught off guardGood morning. Yesterday one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded hit a sparsely populated region in far east…
Country after country has lifted or downgraded warnings, telling coastal residents they can returnTsunami warnings were lifted across the Pacific rim on Wednesday, allowing millions of temporary evacuees to return home after one of the strongest earthq…
A powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake triggered a series of tsunami warnings and evacuation orders stretching across Japan, the US west coast and parts of the Pacific, after the shallow quake hit near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday, with repor…
People in Guam and Japan move to higher ground, while highways in Hawaii busy as residents leave for safe areasTsunami warning live updatesIn the Pacific territory of Guam shortly before lunchtime on Tuesday, Sam Mabini’s phone began to ping. A tsunami…
Shallow magnitude 8.8 quake hit near Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula prompting warnings as far away as New Zealand and CaliforniaFollow it live: Japan and Pacific brace for tsunami wavesFull report: powerful quake sparks Pacific-wide warningsAn 8.8-magnit…
Authorities ordered evacuations on Pacific islands of Ecuador and Chile; warnings downgraded elsewhere after 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia coastMajor tsunami no longer expected to hit Hawaii but coasts remain hazardousWhat are the strongest earth…