More rescuers and volunteers were deployed Wednesday in devastated areas on Indonesia’s main island of Java to search for the dead and missing from an earthquake that killed at least 268 people. Eko Hot Blog reports that with many missing, some remote areas still unreachable, and more than 1,000 people injured in the 5.6 magnitude … Read more
An earthquake of 7.0 magnitude has struck the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean, near the south-west region of Malango. Eko Hot Blog reports that no injuries or deaths have been reported yet, but people in the capital Honiara reported significant shaking and tremors for around 20 seconds. EDITOR’S PICKS US Midterms: Georgia Court Rules … Read more
An earthquake on the main Indonesian island of Java has killed at least 162 people and injured hundreds, regional governor Ridwan Kamil has said. Eko Hot Blog reports that the 5.6 magnitude quake struck Cianjur town in West Java, at a shallow depth of 10km (six miles), according to US Geological Survey data. EDITOR’S PICKS … Read more
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The magnitude 7.2 earthquake quake struck 8 km (5 miles) from the town of Petit Trou de Nippes, about 150 km west of the capital Port-au-Prince, at a depth of 10 km, the U.S. Geological Survey said. A major earthquake struck western Haiti on Saturday, sending shock waves across the Caribbean, where people fled their … Read more
Rescue teams in Turkey’s Izmir region continue to search for survivors of Friday’s quake, while authorities have confirmed at least 60 deaths so far. Officials say 58 people have died in Turkey, while two teenagers have died on the island of Samos in neighbouring Greece. There are still a lot of people who perished after … Read more
Albanian rescuers searched rubble through the night looking for survivors trapped in buildings that toppled Tuesday in the strongest earthquake to hit the country in decades, with more than 20 dead and hundreds injured. Teams of soldiers, police and emergency workers sifted through the debris of shredded apartment blocks and hotels in towns near Albania’s … Read more
Southern California was hit by its largest earthquake in two decades on Friday, a 7.1-magnitude tremor that rattled residents who were already reeling from another strong quake a day earlier. Emergency workers and security forces were being dispatched early Saturday to the epicenter of the shallow earthquake in a remote and sparsely populated area around … Read more