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A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 hit off the coast of eastern Japan on Saturday, shaking buildings and triggering widespread blackouts, but there appeared to be no major damage and no tsunami warning was issued. The epicentre of the earthquake was off the coast of Fukushima prefecture at a depth of 60 … Read more
Powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Japan and rattle buildings in Tokyo By Darren Boyle for MailOnline Published: 14:35 GMT, 13 February 2021 | Updated: 14:48 GMT, 13 February 2021 An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 hit off the coast of eastern Japan on Saturday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. … Read more
Tsunami warnings as huge 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes in South Pacific north of New Zealand The quake hit north of New Zealand on Thursday midnight local time (1320 GMT) It struck off the coasts of Vanuatu and New Caledonia at a depth of six miles Tsunami warnings issued for New Zealand, Fiji, Vanuatu and other Pacific island … Read more
Powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes off Indonesian island of Sumatra The quake hit about 217 kilometres south-southwest of the city of Bengkulu It struck at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres at 7:52 pm local time (1252 GMT) It comes weeks after another powerful earthquake rocked Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing 84 people, injuring 932, and impacting over 40,000 … Read more
A strong earthquake has hit central Croatia, killing one child and injuring scores more as well as causing major damage to homes and other buildings in a town southeast of the capital. Authorities said a girl was killed and at least 20 people were injured in the quake on Tuesday. The European Mediterranean Seismological Center … Read more
Powerful 6.1-magnitude earthquake rattles Taiwan The epicentre struck around 37 miles south-east of the country’s Taipei capital There were no immediate reports of injuries or significant damage in the region City government said there was scattered reports of light damage Subway system continued to operate normally while high-speed railway paused By Chris Jewers For Mailonline Published: … Read more
A young girl has been pulled out of the rubble of a collapsed apartment building alive four days after a strong earthquake hit Turkey and Greece. The four-year-old girl, Ayda Gezgin, was taken to hospital in an ambulance in the Turkish coastal city of Izmir today, wrapped in a thermal blanket, amid the sound of … Read more
A three-year-old girl who had been trapped for three days under the rubble of a deadly earthquake in a Turkish coastal city has miraculously survived. Firefighter Muammer Celik found Elif Perincek lying motionless, covered in dust, and he asked a colleague for a body bag. But as Mr Celik extended his arm to wipe her … Read more
Two girls aged three and 14 have been pulled out alive from the rubble three days after a powerful earthquake decimated the Turkish city of Izmir. The overall death toll from Friday’s quake reached 85 after teams found more bodies overnight amid toppled buildings in the country’s third-largest city. Rescue workers clapped as 14-year-old Idil … Read more
Rescuers search into the night for survivors in Turkey after a powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake sent people fleeing from their homes on Greek islands – leaving 22 dead and nearly 800 injured. Search and rescue teams dug through heavy blocks of concrete desperately trying to find survivors after the catastrophic earthquake. Turkey and Greece were battered by … Read more