カテゴリー: Earthquakes
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake has struck western Afghanistan, just over a week after powerful quakes and aftershocks killed thousands of people and flattened villages in the same region. Emergency relief teams in Herat province said one person had died an…
Another 6.3-magnitude quake strikes outside Herat in western area where thousands were killed last weekA powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake has struck western Afghanistan, just over a week after strong quakes and aftershocks killed thousands of people a…
Casualties from levelled villages in Afghanistan’s quake-stricken province look for help from a health system already stretched too thinEven before the earthquake in Afghanistan on Saturday that reduced villages and hamlets across the western province …
Another deadly earthquake in western Afghanistan has increased the death toll to more than 3,000 people, according to Taliban officials. The 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit an area 28km (17 miles) south of Herat’s regional capital and came after another e…
Hospitals are at capacity since the quakes occurred around the city of Herat, and the Taliban are ill-equipped to respond effectivelyAnother powerful earthquake struck western Afghanistan on Wednesday morning, days after a series of quakes in the same …
People spend second night in ruined villages where desperate search for loved ones is continuingSurvivors of a series of powerful earthquakes that struck western Afghanistan on Saturday have spent a second night sleeping amid the rubble of demolished v…
Footage from Herat province shows destroyed villages and people retrieving bodies from the rubble after the magnitude 6.3 quake on Saturday killed hundreds and injured more than 10,000.Afghanistan is already in the grip of a humanitarian crisis after t…
Magnitude-6.3 earthquake struck near Herat on Saturday, with hundreds of houses reported destroyedThe death toll from a series of earthquakes in western Afghanistan has risen sharply to more than 2,000 people, according to a Taliban spokesperson, as re…
UN says estimate of 320 fatalities is being verified, although local authorities put the death toll at 100, with 500 injuredHundreds of people are feared dead after a series of powerful earthquakes hit western Afghanistan.The United Nations said more t…
Japan has learned key lessons from the 1923 earthquake that killed 105,000 people, but rapid growth of the capital has raised the stakesThe earthquake that struck the Tokyo region two minutes before noon on 1 September 1923 was so powerful that it dest…
Machines in coastal city of Ako, are located in an area that experts say is vulnerable to a future powerful earthquakeJapan has extended its natural disaster preparations to vending machines, which will offer free food and drink in the event of a major…
Quake triggered evacuation from some coastal areas after warning from authorities A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck west of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island, briefly triggering a tsunami warning, Indonesia’s geophysics agency (BMKG) said.The warning, asking …
A 6.5-magnitude earthquake has shaken much of Pakistan and Afghanistan, killing at least 11 people, officials have said. The powerful tremors sent many people fleeing from their homes and offices in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. Footage shared…
Nine die in Pakistan and two in Afghanistan from magnitude 6.5 event, with more than 200 people injuredA magnitude 6.5 earthquake has rattled much of Pakistan and Afghanistan, sending panicked residents fleeing from homes and offices, and frightening p…
The Bureau of Meteorology says there is no tsunami threat for Australia. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastOver 80% of Australian council areas declared disasters in the past four years: …