In this file photograph dated Nov 9, 2022, Nepalese villagers stand amidst the debris of their mudhouses after an earthquake in Doti district, Nepal. An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 struck Nepal on Jan 24, 2023 at a depth of 25 km to the northwest of Nepal's Jumla district, more than 300 km from the capital, […]
Rescue personnel search for survivors in the debris of a collapsed building in the Bayrakli district of Izmir on Nov 1, 2020. (PHOTO / AFP) ANKARA — At least 22 people were injured, including one seriously, in a magnitude-5.9 earthquake hitting Türkiye's northwestern province of Duzce early Wednesday, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said. READ MORE: […]
Rescuers carry the body of a victim recovered from under the rubble at a village affected by an earthquake-triggered landslide in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, Nov 22, 2022. (RANGGA FIRMANSYAH / AP) CIANJUR, Indonesia – Traumatized relatives awaited news on Wednesday of the fate of loved ones missing after an earthquake shattered a town in […]
Nepalese villagers stand amidst the debris of their mudhouses after an earthquake in Doti district, Nepal on Nov 9, 2022. (DIL BAHADUR SINGH / AP) KATHMANDU – An earthquake in western Nepal killed at least six villagers, four of them children, as the tremor destroyed mud and brick houses in remote communities living in the […]
Photo taken with a mobile phone shows passengers stranded in a JR Yokosuka Line train following an earthquake, Japan, March 16, 2022. (SUN JIALIN / XINHUA) TOKYO – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.5 briefly struck the southern part of Japan's Ibaraki prefecture on Friday, authorities said, shaking buildings in Tokyo. Ibaraki is […]
This handout photo taken and received from Manolos Aviation on September 11, 2022, shows injured villagers arriving at a hospital in Lae after being evacuated by helicopter from Wauko Village following a 7.6-magnitude quake which struck off Papua New Guinea's coast. (EREBIRI ZURENUOC / MANOLOS AVIATION / AFP) SYDNEY – Seven people have been confirmed […]
This handout photo taken and received on Sept 11, 2022 courtesy of WanNaiks Gallery shows damage at the Wawin National High School near the city of Lae following a 7.6-magnitude earthquake off Papua New Guinea's coast. (HANDOUT / WANNAIKS GALLERY / AFP) SYDNEY – One person was killed with other casualties unconfirmed as a 7.6-magnitude earthquake […]
People gather outside their homes following an earthquake off Indonesia's Mentawai Islands, at Muara Sikabaluan village in Siberut Utara, West Sumatra province on Sept 11, 2022. (BAMBANG SAGURUNG / AFP) JAKARTA – About 200 people evacuated to higher ground after an earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck islands in western Indonesia on Sunday, causing some property […]
In this photograph taken on June 25, 2022, children sit outside a damaged house after a recent earthquake at Akhtar Jan village in Gayan district of Paktika province. (SAHEL ARMAN / AFP) KABUL – An earthquake in northeastern Afghanistan killed at least eight people early on Monday, and the toll could rise, the state news […]
An Afghan youth sits besides the ruins of damaged houses after an earthquake in Gayan district, Paktika province, on June 24, 2022. (AHMAD SAHEL ARMAN / AFP) KABUL – Afghanistan's Taliban administration on Saturday called on international governments to roll back sanctions and lift a freeze on central bank assets following the earthquake that killed […]
A man stands among destruction after an earthquake in Gayan village, in Paktika province, Afghanistan, June 23, 2022. (EBRAHIM NOOROOZI / AP) KABUL – Afghanistan does not have enough medical supplies to treat the injured from an earthquake that killed 1,000 people this week, a senior official said, as an aftershock on Friday killed five […]
Damaged houses are pictured following an earthquake in Gayan district, Paktika province, Afghanistan on June 22, 2022. (PHOTO / AFP) GAYAN, Afghanistan – Aid began arriving on Thursday in a remote part of Afghanistan where an earthquake killed 1,000 people but poor communications and a lack of proper roads are hampering relief efforts in a […]
A general view shows a crescent moon over homes on a hillside in Aizawl, the capital of the northeastern Indian state of Mizoram on Mar 16, 2021. (SAJJAD HUSSAIN / AFP) A shallow and strong earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck the Myanmar-India border region early on Friday, but there were no immediate reports of damage. […]
Local residents gather outside their houses following a severe earthquake is felt the area, in Quetta, Pakistan, Pakistan. (ARSHAD BUTT / AP) QUETTA / ISLAMABAD – At least 20 people died and over 300 others were injured after an earthquake of 5.9 magnitude hit Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province early Thursday morning, provincial Home Minister Mir […]
Japan's Emperor Naruhito (right) and Empress Masako bow in front of an altar for victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, at the national memorial service in Tokyo, Japan, March 11, 2021. (BEHROUZ MEHRI / POOL PHOTO VIA AP) IWAKI – With a moment of silence, prayers and anti-nuclear protests, Japan on Thursday […]