Tag: earthquakes
a series of earthquakes puts Anatolia on alert
A series of earthquakes of varying intensity, up to 5.6 for the strongest, shook central Turkey on Thursday without causing any casualties but placing the region on alert, authorities reported.…
Europe’s largest natural gas field permanently closed
The Dutch Senate has approved the permanent closure of the valves at the Groningen natural gas field (north), the largest in Europe. Its exploitation was the cause of earthquakes which…
Magnitude 6.6 earthquake shakes Moluccan islands, no tsunami warning
The earth shook in Indonesia. A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the Moluccas islands in the east of the country on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The earthquake…
Force of nature: earthquakes and aftershocks scare New Yorkers
Force of nature Earthquakes and aftershocks shock New Yorkers The Manhattan skyline with its many office towers. An unusually strong earthquake and several aftershocks had shaken. photo © Gregor Fischer/dpa…
Treated water, fuel… Where is the safety of the Fukushima nuclear power plant?
Every time the Earth shakes off the coast of Asia, the scenario comes back to mind. In 2011, the Fukushima power plant experienced the worst accident in nuclear history since…
Magnitude 6 earthquake occurs off the coast of Fukushima
The earth shook again this Thursday in Japan. An underwater earthquake of magnitude 6.0 according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) occurred off the coast of Fukushima department, in the…
Powerful earthquake leaves at least seven dead and 700 injured
This is the most powerful earthquake to hit Taiwan in twenty-five years. This Wednesday, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 caused extensive damage on the island. The toll so…
Catastrophe: Born under rubble – one year after the earthquakes in Syria
catastrophe Born under rubble – one year after the earthquakes in Syria Adoptive father Chalil Sawadi looks at Afraa a few days after her birth. The little girl was born…
Earthquake in Turkey: Rubble, grief, trauma – One year after the earthquakes
Earthquake in Turkey Rubble, grief, trauma – one year after the earthquakes Two men walk past a completely destroyed row of houses in Antakya. In the center of the city,…
Magnitude 7 earthquake hits China-Kyrgyz border
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck on Tuesday on the border between China and Kyrgyzstan, reported the United States Geological Survey (USGS), which estimated that it could have caused casualties and…