Northwestern Iran was struck Saturday by a series of major earthquakes and strong aftershocks, as state TV reported at least 180 dead, 1,350 injured and at least six villages leveled. Officials asked residents in affected areas to stay outdoors through the night, the Fars news agency reported. The U.S. Geological Survey put the first earthquake, which struck midday, at magnitude… Read more →
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck off the coast of New Zealand Tuesday sending shock waves into its capital city of Wellington, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on its website. Its epicenter was between the country’s two large islands at a depth of 147 miles, Reuters reported. The New Zealand Herald reported residents across the country felt long rumblings and a fire department… Read more →
KABUL, Afghanistan – As many as 100 people are feared dead in an earthquake and landslide that buried more than 20 houses in northern Afghanistan on Monday, officials said. Rescuers have so far pulled two women’s bodies from the rubble of the landslide in Baghlan province, said provincial Gov. Abdul Majid. The U.N. confirmed one other death and said houses… Read more →
A LEADING seismologist has said yesterday’s earthquake off the west coast was “unexpected” and poses “very interesting questions for geologists”. The earthquake, which registered a magnitude of four on the Richter scale, was recorded as 60km west of Belmullet, Co Mayo, at a depth of 3km, at 8.58am. It was the largest local seismic event ever recorded, according to Tom… Read more →
A new earthquake has struck the Emilia region in northern Italy, killing at least 10 people and burying several others under rubble, local media say. All the deaths were in the Modena area. Three were killed when an industrial shed collapsed in Medolla. Three also died in San Felice, two in Mirandola and one in Cavezzo. Tuesday’s tremor, estimated at… Read more →
Summary Update 24/05 – 22:03 UTC – PM Borisov had a meeting today with the person in charge of the Bulgarian seismological agency, Prof. Nokolay Miloshev. Mr. Miloshev said to the PM that the chance on a stronger shock is most unlikely and that the aftershocks will be gradually getting weaker. Mr. Miloshev said wkat we have been saying over and… Read more →
(Reuters) – Thousands of people in northern Italy slept in tents and cars overnight as more than 100 aftershocks rocked the area hit by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that killed seven people and inflicted heavy damage to centuries-old cultural sites. “The fear that your house will collapse on your head is great, so it was good to be able to… Read more →
(Source: AFP) GOTENBA, Japan — Parts of Japan’s Mount Fuji could collapse if a newly-discovered fault line under the mountain shifts, a government report warned Friday. A three-year study by seismologists discovered a previously-unknown active fault under the mountain, a Japanese national symbol and key tourist attraction located 60 miles (100km) west of Tokyo. Yashuhiro Yoshida, director for earthquake investigation at… Read more →
(multimedia) An over view of the 321 earthquakes tracked in the last week.
SANTIAGO, Chile – A strong magnitude-6.7 earthquake shook central Chile late Monday, prompting authorities to order the evacuation of a stretch of coastline and causing hundreds of people in the capital to flee buildings in panic. There were no reports of major damage, but authorities in the port city of Valparaiso said a 72-year-old man died of a heart attack… Read more →
