カテゴリー: Earthquakes
A 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck central Japan on Monday. Aerial footage shows the damage in the city of Wajima on the northern coast after fires broke out, destroying buildings. The harbour and surrounding buildings in Suzu at the eastern end of the …
A Japan Airlines passenger plane carrying 379 people appeared to have collided with a coastguard aircraft with six people onboard. Footage shows the plane coming in to land before catching fire. The coastguard aircraft was being used to transport suppl…
Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida says the country is facing a ‘battle against time’ to find people affected by a series of major earthquakes that reportedly killed at least 48 people, injured dozens and sparked fires that destroyed homes.Police an…
Tsunami warnings have been issued in the Ishikawa, Niigata and Toyama prefectures after a number of earthquakes – one with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 – hit the country’s central west coast. Footage circulating on social media showed shaking inside …
Major tsunami warnings downgraded but residents in coastal areas told not to return to homesA powerful earthquake has struck central Japan’s western coastline, triggering waves over a metre high and prompting tsunami alerts and warnings for people to e…
More than 130 people have died and 1,000 others are injured after a 6.2-magnitude quake struck near the border of Gansu and Qinghai provinces on Monday night. Residents, who were left sorting through the rubble of their homes in temperatures of -16C, f…
Temperatures are as low as -16C in Gansu and Qinghai provinces, where the magnitude-6.2 quake struck on MondayThe death toll from China’s earthquake has risen to 134, with almost 1,000 people injured, as rescuers dig through rubble in below freezing co…
At least 116 people have been killed and about 500 injured in an earthquake in China’s north-west Gansu and Qinghai provinces, state media has reported. The strong, shallow earthquake struck shortly before midnight, sending residents fleeing outside, i…
Officials say at least 126 killed and more than 500 injured after 6.2-magnitude quake in Gansu and Qinghai provincesCold weather is hampering rescue efforts after an earthquake in China’s Gansu and Qinghai provinces that killed at least 126 people and …
At least 38 people, including a new mother, have died in the month after the earthquake struck, among 40,000 people living under tarpaulinAt least 38 people who survived an earthquake in Nepal have died after spending more than a month living in tents …
The magnitude 7.5 quake in Mindanao triggered tsunami warnings in Japan and more than 600 aftershocksPhilippine residents were allowed to return to their homes on Sunday after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck the country’s south, killing at least one …
Shopping mall ceiling collapse among reported damage after earthquake of 6.7 magnitude hits Mindanao regionThe death toll from a strong earthquake off the southern Philippines rose to five on Saturday as authorities reported more casualties across two …
While the earthquake killed at least 153 people, fears are rising for 12,000 families left without shelter in freezing temperaturesEarly on Saturday morning, Haris Bishwakarma learned he had become the sole guardian of his eight-year-old sister. His pa…
Rescue workers in Nepal began digging through the rubble of collapsed houses with their bare hands on Saturday, searching for survivors after the country’s worst earthquake in eight years killed 157 people and shook buildings as far away as Delhi.The 5…
Rescue workers reach area near epicentre of 5.8-magnitude quake in Karnali province in country’s worst earthquake since 2015Rescue workers in Nepal began digging through the rubble of collapsed houses with their bare hands on Saturday, searching for su…