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SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — The death toll from a major earthquake that struck Papua New Guinea last month has risen to 125, police said Wednesday, amid concern that an outbreak of disease will see it jump further. A 7.5-magnitude quake struck the Pacific nation’s mountainous interior on February 26, burying homes and causing landslides, making it hard to reach isolated villages. Police said the toll had now reached 125, up from 100 last week, as […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) – An earthquake early Thursday killed at least four people in a remote area of northwest China’s Xinjiang region, state media reported. The shallow 5.4-magnitude quake struck at 5:58 am (2158 GMT Wednesday) 213 kilometers (133 miles) south-southwest of the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar, the United States Geological Survey said. Xinhua news agency said four people had been confirmed dead and some injured were sent to hospital. The remote and […]
(Eagle News) — Sunud-sunod na aftershock ang naranasan ng malaking bahagi ng Batangas at mga kalapit lalawigan makaraang tumama ang 5.5 magnitude na lindol sa bayan ng Tingloy, Batangas kagabi, Abril 4 sa ganap na 8:58 PM. Mula sa magnitude 5.4, itinaas ng Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology o Phivolcs ang magnitude ng lindol sa 5.5. Naramdaman ang lindol sa lakas na Intensity V sa Batangas City, Malvar at Calatagan sa Batangas. Intensity […]
