TOKYO: A powerful earthquake struck off Japan's southern coast on Thursday (Aug 8), triggering a tsunami advisory that urged residents to stay away from the coastline. Nine people were injured, most of them slightly, but there were no reports of serious damage. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake registered magnitude 7.1 and was centred in...
MANILA: A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the southern Philippines on Saturday (Aug 3), the United States Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage. The shallow quake hit just before 6:30am local time about 20km from the village of Barcelona on the east of...
TAIPEI (Reuters) -Earthquake warning smartphone apps have surged in popularity in Taiwan due to high demand from people eager to get a few extra seconds to take cover after more than 1,300 aftershocks rattled the island in the past month following a large temblor. Taiwan's east coast was struck by a 7.2 magnitude quake on April...
JAKARTA: Two earthquakes rocked Bandung, West Java, on Wednesday (May 1), affecting three families and causing damage to three houses, along with two mosques, three schools, and a health centre. National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) spokeperson Abdul Muhairi, spokesperson urged residents to remain alert for aftershocks and advised them to avoid buildings showing signs of damage...
On Wednesday morning (Apr 3), Taiwan was hit by a magnitude-7.4 earthquake, the strongest the island has seen in 25 years. The quake was felt throughout Taiwan, and in surrounding areas including Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangsu, and Shanghai. Ko Yao Tsung, the father of Taiwanese star Kai Ko, was one of the many affected by the quake. While he...
HUALIEN, Taiwan (Reuters) -The number of people injured in a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in eastern Taiwan climbed past 1,000 on Thursday though the death toll remained steady at nine, with dozens workers on their way to a hotel in a national park mostly now found safe. The temblor, the strongest in 25 years, hit on Wednesday...
NEW TAIPEI CITY: Liu watched intently as rescuers carefully picked their way through the remains of a warehouse that crumbled like a house of cards on Wednesday (April 3) during Taiwan's strongest earthquake in 25 years, telling AFP it "was like a mountain collapsed". Propping ladders against the debris, the rescue workers managed to pluck 50...
PETALING JAYA: No Malaysians were reported to be affected by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Hualien in Taiwan's east coast area at 7.58am (local time) on Wednesday (April 3) so far, says the Foreign Ministry. In a statement, Wisma Putra said that it was monitoring the situation closely through the Malaysian Friendship and Trade Centre...
Nanao, JapanCNN — Minae Akiyama had traveled from southern Japan to Ishikawa prefecture to celebrate New Year’s with her family, when the ground began to shake. “Thinking about it now still makes me tremble. My heart was pounding, my mind went blank, we just scrambled,” she told CNN from a shelter in the city of Nanao, where she and her family...
MANILA: More than 1,600 aftershocks have jolted a southern Philippine province following a magnitude-7.4 earthquake that left at least one dead and hundreds of houses and buildings damaged, officials said on Monday (Dec 4). The aftershocks included a magnitude-6.8 quake that struck at 3:49am on Monday (1949 GMT Sunday) in Cagwait town in Surigao del Sur...
