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by Siavosh Ghazi with Shwan Mohammed in Darbandikhan, Iraq Agence France-Presse TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iranian rescue workers dug through rubble in a hunt for survivors on Monday after a major earthquake struck the Iran-Iraq border, killing more than 300 and injuring thousands. The 7.3-magnitude quake hit a border area 30 kilometers (20 miles) southwest of Halabja in Iraqi Kurdistan at around 9:20 pm (1820 GMT) on Sunday, when many people would have been at […]
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica “(AFP) — A strong earthquake, measuring 6.5 according to a US seismological agency, rocked Costa Rica late Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The quake occurred at 8:28 pm local (0228 GMT) on the Central American country’s Pacific coast, at a depth of 20 kilometers (12 miles), close to the popular tourist beach town of Jaco. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not issue a tsunami alert. […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck Southern Leyte on Sunday. The Philippine Institute for Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit fourteen kilometers southeast of the municipality of Pintuyan at 2:33 in the afternoon. No aftershocks were expected.
SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq (AFP) — A 7.3-magnitude quake which struck the Iran-Iraq border late Sunday has killed 30 people on the Iranian side, a senior official said on state television. “For the moment, we have 30 deaths in different cities,” Mojtaba Nikkerdar, the deputy governor of Kermanshah province said, underscoring that the toll could rise. The earlier count had stated seven fatalities. In Iraq, officials said the quake had killed six people in Sulaimaniyah province and injured […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on Wednesday, according to officials, but there were no immediate reports of damage. The tremor hit at a depth of 107 kilometers (66 miles) some 67 kilometers from the town of Angoram, the administrative center for the Pacific nation’s Lower and Middle Sepik regions, the United States Geological Survey said. No tsunami warning was issued. “A quake of this type can cause damage and […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck Zamboanga del Sur on Monday. The Philippine Institute for Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit seven kilometers southeast of the municipality of Lapuyan at 12:53 in the morning. No aftershocks were expected.
(Eagle News) — A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck Batangas on Monday. The Philippine Institute for Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit twelve kilometers northwest of the municipality of Calatagan at 5:01 in the morning. No aftershocks were expected.
(Eagle News) — A 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Occidental on Saturday. The Philippine Institute for Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit 323 kilometers southeast of Sarangani at 9:32 a.m. No aftershocks are expected.
(Eagle News) — A 4.9-magnitude quake struck Ilocos Sur on Thursday. The earthquake struck 43 kilometers northwest of Santa Catalina at 3:06 p.m. Depth of focus was at 25 kilometers. The earthquake was felt at Intensity III in Vigan, and at Intensity V in Sinait, both in Ilocos Sur. An Intensity III was felt in Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte. No aftershocks are expected.
by Yemeli Ortega and Yussel Gonzalez Agence France-Presse MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) – The earthquake that hit Mexico on September 19 did not discriminate in its destruction, leveling homes in rich and poor neighborhoods alike. But one month on, the tragedies facing Mexico City’s newly homeless depend largely on class. Residents of upscale neighborhoods like Roma and Condesa face a frenzied rush to rent or buy new homes in other neighborhoods nearby, creating a real estate bubble. […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — A shallow 2.9-magnitude earthquake struck near North Korea’s nuclear test site before dawn on Friday, weeks after Pyongyang’s biggest detonation, but South Korean experts said the tremor did not appear to be man-made. The tremor hit at 01:41 am (1641 GMT Thursday) with a depth of around five kilometres (three miles), the US Geological Survey said, with the epicentre located north of the Punggye-Ri testing site. “This event occurred in […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck northern Chile early Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said. The tremor hit 70 kilometers (43 miles) east of the coastal city of Arica, which is near the border with Peru, the US agency said. The quake struck at a depth of 82 kilometers, it added. Chile is one of the world’s most earthquake-prone countries. In the past seven years, it has had three quakes of a […]
