Share US seismologists has reported that a 6.4-magnitude earthquake shook  Papua New Guinea Thursday, however,  a tsunami warning was not issued and seismologists said "no major human impact is expected." The quake that struck  the New Britain region at 7:13 am (2113 GMT Wednesday)had  a depth of 48 kilometers (30 [Continue reading]

Share Reportedly,  an earthquake with a magnitude of  6.8  struck the Negros-Cebu region, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Earlier  information from the agency said the quake struck  at 11:49 a.m. in the following epicenters:     70 kms (44 miles) north from Dumaguete, Negros [Continue reading]

Share After the  5.6 magnitude earthquake that shook  eastern Turkey shoot up  to 32 on Saturday, including two journalists, authorities said. Releasing  the new number of casualties, which was 27 earlier Saturday, the emergency unit of the prime minister’s office said on its website that 30 people had been rescued since [Continue reading]

Share Due to rain and landslides the rescue efforts were  blocked. Hundreds of workers in search  for survivors of a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that shook a remote Himalayan region in northern India,  at least 26 people were killed, police and media said on Monday. In the state of Sikkim at least seven people died which [Continue reading]

Share An earthquake reportedly hit parts of Metro Manila and Central Luzon on Tuesday at around 1:15 a.m., with a  magnitude 6.2, based on  the Philippine Volcanology and Seismology Institute (Phivolcs) report;However,  the US Geological Service (USGS) recorded it at magnitude 5.9. The shaking was felt in Clark, Pampanga , Quezon [Continue reading]

Share Two powerful earthquakes rocked southern Spain on Wednesday, cracking highways, toppling buildings, collapsing a tunnel, injuring dozens and killing at least 10 people. The earthquakes, with magnitudes of 4.4 and 5.2, killed at least 10 people and injured dozens in Lorca, a town of about 91,000 in the municipality of Murcia, government [Continue reading]

Share Families start to move into temporary housing provided by the government after a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit the country a month ago. While Japan’s Prime Minister Naoto Kan promised to assist fishermen along the ravaged coast get back to their boats. The temporary housing which was lined in a high school parking lot [Continue reading]

Share Reportedly,  Japan was again shook by a strong aftershock. A tsunami warning was issued  Thursday night just a month following a devastating earthquake and tsunami flattened the northeastern coast. The tsunami warning was issued by  Japan meteorological agency  for a wave of up to one meter (3.2 feet). The warning was [Continue reading]

Share   Reportedly, an intensity of 4.2  earthquake rocked Eastern Samar at 1:59 a.m. Tuesday. Phivolcs said the epicenter of the tremor was located 28 kilometers northeast of Dolores town. Meanwhile, Bobby Cañete of Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology station in Palo, Leyte, said there was no damage. Share [Continue reading]

Share Seeking refuge,  residents escaped an Indonesian port town for higher ground on Monday after  an earthquake rocked south of Java with an intensity estimated by US seismologists at 6.7. The epicenter in the Indian Ocean was 24 kilometers (15 miles) miles deep, the US Geological Survey said, after initially estimating it at 10 [Continue reading]