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, […]
This handout picture taken and released on Jan 10, 2023 by BNPB (National Disaster Management Agency) shows a damaged house after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit deep under the ocean off Indonesia and East Timor, in the Tanimbar islands in Maluku. (HANDOUT / BNPB / AFP) JAKARTA – Indonesia was struck by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake […]
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 […]
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 […]
A man cleans up the rubble after an earthquake at Sayeh Khosh village in Hormozgan province, about 1,000 km south of the capital, Tehran, Iran on July 2, 2022. (ABDOLHOSSEIN REZVANI / AP) TEHRAN – At least five were killed and 84 wounded in three earthquakes measuring above magnitude 6 that shook Iran's southern province […]
A man cleans up the rubble after an earthquake at Sayeh Khosh village in Hormozgan province, about 1,000 km south of the capital, Tehran, Iran on July 2, 2022. (ABDOLHOSSEIN REZVANI / AP) DUBAI – At least five people were killed and 49 injured by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake in southern Iran early on Saturday, […]
This AFP graphic dated May 27, 2022 shows the map of East Timor, locating an earthquake that struck on May 27. An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck off the coast of East Timor on Friday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, prompting some people in the capital Dili to flee buildings, though a tsunami was […]
A general view of the skyline in Manila.. (TED ALJIBE / AFP) MANILA – An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck south of the Philippine capital early on Saturday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. The agency said aftershocks were expected from the tectonic earthquake, which had a depth of 116 kilometers. ALSO READ: 3rd […]