カテゴリー: Earthquakes
Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years has killed four and injured dozens, causing building collapses, power outages and landslides on the islandTaiwan earthquake live updates Continue reading…
Dozens believed trapped and awaiting rescue after island hit by 7.2-magnitude quake, its strongest in 25 yearsTaiwan earthquake – live updatesTaiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years has killed nine people and injured at least 900, causing building co…
A powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Taiwan, rocking the island and shaking buildings off their foundations in the city of Hualien. Local media reported people were trapped in buildings in the lightly populated town, while video showed the qua…
The earthquake hit parts of the Ishikawa region on New Year’s Day killing 241 people and sparking a major fire, water remains cut off to some areasJapan will spend an additional $660m rebuilding areas ravaged by a devastating New Year’s Day earthquake,…
The lives of 14,000 people affected by the New Year’s day disaster remain in limbo, living in evacuation shelters, and surviving hand to mouthSeven weeks after a magnitude-7.6 earthquake struck the isolated Noto peninsula in western Japan, Koji Aizawa …
Authorities warn of potentially widespread damage after the 7.0-magnitude quake, with tremors felt in neighbouring countriesA 7.0-magnitude earthquake has struck along the China-Kyrgyzstan border, as authorities warned of potentially widespread damage….
Boy, five, among 126 people dead, after boiling water spilled on him during Monday’s 7.6 magnitude quakeA woman in her 90s has been pulled alive from a collapsed house in western Japan, 124 hours after a major earthquake hit the region, killing at leas…
Number of missing lowered to 211 as thousands of troops join rescue effort and experts warn of disease risk at evacuation centresThe death toll from a major earthquake in western Japan reached 100 on Saturday as rescue workers fought aftershocks to car…
Footage from 1 January shows Wajima residents running from a landslide after a deadly earthquake struck the Japanese city in the Ishikawa prefecture. The full extent of damage and casualties remains unclear four days after the quake, which is already t…
Older people living in isolated places and outdated homes face enormous danger when disaster strikesThere was an unfamiliar feel to the scenes that greeted residents and rescue workers in central Japan after sunrise on Tuesday. The previous afternoon, …
Rescuers in Japan were scrambling to search for survivors on Wednesday as authorities warned of landslides from heavy rain after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 62 people. The 7.5-magnitude quake on 1 January rattled Ishikawa prefecture on t…
Ishikawa and its Noto peninsula, one of the worst affected areas, has been hit by more than 100 aftershocksJapanese rescuers were scrambling to search for survivors as authorities warned of landslides and heavy rain after a powerful earthquake that kil…
All 379 people aboard a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane escaped the burning airliner after a collision with a Coast Guard aircraft at Tokyo’s Haneda airport that killed five of six crew on the smaller aircraft. ‘Honestly, I felt my life was over. But when I…
Japan’s prime minister has said the country is facing a ‘battle against time’ to rescue those affected by a series of major earthquakes that have reportedly killed at least 48 people, injured dozens and sparked fires that destroyed homes. One thousand …