tsunami

Xinhua/APPHong Kong: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted Volcano Islands, Japan region at 09:29:03 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially…

AFP/APPTokyo: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 struck off southwestern Japan on Wednesday night, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no tsunami warnings or reports of damage.The USGS put the epicenter of…

AFP/APP  Taipei: A major 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan's east on Wednesday morning, prompting tsunami warnings for the self-ruled island as well as parts of southern Japan and the Philippines. The quake hit just before 8:00…

AFP/APPTokyo: A major 7.5-magnitude earthquake hit near Taiwan shortly before 9:00 am Japanese local time (0000 GMT) Wednesday, prompting tsunami warnings for southern Japanese islands, Japan's Meteorological Agency said.Tsunami…

AFP/APP Pule Alam: Khurma had to borrow her neighbor's shoes to walk to Pul-e Alam city to collect a cash handout being given to the growing number of vulnerable Afghans who are struggling to survive the winter. The 45-year-old widow…

Xinhua/APP Beijing: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted 26 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile on Sunday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicenter, with a depth of 126.7 km, was initially determined to be at 21.14 degrees south…

Xinhua/APPTokyo: A tsunami measuring about 3 metres high reached Japan's Shika nuclear power plant in Ishikawa prefecture following a powerful earthquake that struck the region on New Year's Day, according to the plant's operator.…

SPA/APP Hong Kong: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted near the West Coast of Honshu, Japan on Sunday, Xinhua quoted the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said. The epicenter, at a depth of 10 km, was initially…

Xinhua/APP Tokyo: The death toll has risen to 65 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa as of 3 pm local time on Wednesday after a series of powerful earthquakes hit the area in central Japan and the vicinity, with aftershocks and…

AFP/APPWajima: Japanese rescuers scrambled to search for survivors on Wednesday as authorities warned of landslides and heavy rain after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 62 people.The 7.5-magnitude quake on January 1 that…