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(Eagle News) — A very strong magnitude 8.1 quake rocked Mexico at 4:49 UTC time (12:59 p.m., Philippine time) near the coast of Chiapas, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Preliminary reports showed that the quake had a depth of 35 kilometers. Its epicenter was located 96 kilometers southwest of Pijijiapan, Mexico. The USGS earlier recorded the quake at 8.0, but upgraded it to a magnitude 8.1 quake later. Strong aftershocks A […]
PADANG, Indonesia (AFP) — A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of western Indonesia early Friday, US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The quake hit the Mentawai islands in West Sumatra province about 75 kilometers (46 miles) southwest of the provincial capital Padang at 00:06 am (1706 GMT), at a depth of 49 kilometers, according to the US Geological Survey. The […]
ISCHIA, Italy (Reuters) — Fire crews rescued a baby boy from rubble after an earthquake struck the tourist-packed Italian island of Ischia, off the coast of Naples, on Monday night. A picture released by the Fire Brigade shows the baby in the arms of a fireman in the early hours of Tuesday morning (August 22). The Brigade’s Twitter account described the rescue in the town of Casamicciola as a ‘miracle’. The quake of magnitude 4.0 […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) — A 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck the Italian holiday island of Ischia late Monday, causing destruction that left one person dead and one missing at peak tourist season, authorities said. A woman was killed in Casamicciola, in the north of the small tourist island, hit by debris that fell from a church, with around 25 people injured in the quake, for the most part lightly. At a press conference early Tuesday, the head […]
MANILA, Philippines (Reuters) — Manila’s metro disaster corps is providing free training to Filipino pet owners who want their canines to become rescue dogs if a devastating earthquake hits the city. To prepare Filipinos for a magnitude 7.2-magnitude earthquake that, Philippine geologists believe, may hit the Philippine capital, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) trains dozens of volunteers and their dogs in search and rescue protocols every Saturday. The training includes searching through debris and agility […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit off the Indonesian island Sumatra on Sunday but there was no tsunami risk, seismologists said as panicked residents fled their homes. The quake hit at a depth of 35 kilometers (22 miles) at 10:08 am (0308 GMT) 73 kilometers west of Bengkulu, according to the United States Geological Survey. “The earthquake was quite strong and shallow, it was felt all the way to Padang, West Sumatra, […]
Jiuzhaigou County, China (CCTV) — The 7.0-magnitude earthquake on Tuesday caused mountain collapse and road destruction inside the scenic spot Jiuzhaigou Valley, in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, according to a China Central Television (CCTV) reporter who walked into the valley with firefighters on Wednesday afternoon. The video shot by the CCTV reporter shows that rocks kept falling down from mountains. Long cracks appeared on roads; and some sections of roads even sank. Many trees toppled […]
JIUZHAIGOU COUNTY, China (Reuters) — Evacuations continued on Thursday (August 10) after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck a remote, mountainous part of China’s southwestern province of Sichuan, killing 19 people, including eight tourists, and injuring 263, state newspaper Global times said. The quake hit a sparsely populated area 200 kilometers (120 miles) northwest of the city of Guangyuan late on Tuesday (August 8) at a depth of 10 km (6 miles), the United States Geological Survey […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for all-out efforts to rapidly organize relief work and rescue injured people after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit southwest China’s Sichuan Province. Twelve people were killed and over 175 were injured after the earthquake jolted Jiuzhaigou County in Sichuan at 21:19 Tuesday (Beijing Time), according to the provincial government. Authorities should check the impact of the earthquake, evacuate and settle visitors and local people, and reduce death and injuries as […]
Agence France Presse — A 6.5-magnitude earthquake rattled southwest China late Tuesday, killing at least five people, with up to 100 feared dead, according to a government estimate. Five people died and more than 60 were injured in the quake, the official Xinhua news agency said, including 30 who were in critical condition. But China’s National Commission for Disaster Reduction estimated that as many as 100 people may have perished, based on 2010 census data […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Occidental on Friday. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake took place 232 kilometers south, 34° east of Sarangani at 4:56 a.m. Depth of focus was at 34 kilometers. There were no aftershocks reported.
by Veronique Dupont and Sonia Bakaric in Theologos BODRUM, Turkey (AFP) — At least two people were killed on the Greek island of Kos Friday when a magnitude-6.7 earthquake shook the popular summer resort holiday destinations of the Dodecanese Islands in Greece and the Aegean coast of Turkey. The epicenter of the quake was approximately 10.3 kilometers (6.4 miles) south of the major Turkish resort of Bodrum, a magnet for holidaymakers in the summer, and 16.2 kilometers east […]
