Tag: earthquakes
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…
From Iceland to the Phlegrean Fields… Do volcanoes erupt in chains?
The images are necessarily impressive: lava flows engulfing houses in Grindavik in southwest Iceland. The country is fortunately accustomed and prepared for this type of situation and the city’s habitats…
Three houses burned in new volcanic eruption near Grindavik
Again. Already evacuated on November 11 as a precautionary measure, due to hundreds of earthquakes caused by the movement of magma under the earth’s crust, which resulted in a volcanic…
With more than 200 dead, the New Year’s earthquake is the deadliest since 2016
It is the deadliest natural disaster in Japan since giant floods in the west of the country in 2018, which left more than 220 dead. It is also the deadliest…
Magnitude 6.7 earthquake off Philippines
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Philippines on Tuesday morning, the United States Institute of Geophysics (USGS) announced. The natural phenomenon occurred at…
More than 300 missing after New Year’s disaster, at least 168 dead
A week after the New Year earthquake in Japan, the toll continues to rise: 565 injured, 323 people missing and at least 168 people dead. The total number of missing…
Nonagenarian found alive after five days under rubble, 195 people still missing
Japan confirms its reputation for good health among seniors. On Saturday, a woman in her nineties was found alive after spending five days under the debris of her collapsed house…
The toll rises to at least 94 dead and 222 missing
Rescuers continue to search for survivors in the rubble. But, four days after the powerful New Year earthquake in Japan, they unfortunately discovered many more dead than alive. This Friday,…
Death toll rises to 62 after New Year’s earthquake, weather complicates rescue efforts
Rescue workers in Japan are facing very unfavorable weather on Wednesday, while they are still trying to find survivors of the terrible earthquake which hit the center of the country…