‘Like a mountain collapsed’: Taiwan reels from biggest quake in 25 years

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...

Foreign Ministry closely monitoring situation in Taiwan after 7.2 magnitude quake

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...

Earthquake survivors in Japan sleep in coats and hats at shelters without heat or running water

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...

Southern Philippine province rocked by more than 1,600 aftershocks

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...

Taiwan’s east coast hit by magnitude-5.3 earthquake

A 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan's east coast on Tuesday (March 21), the island's weather bureau said, causing buildings in the capital Taipei to shake briefly but with no immediate reports of damage. The epicentre of the earthquake was in the sparsely populated eastern county of Hualien with a depth of 7.2km, the weather bureau said. Taiwan...