Taiwan says 1,000 injured in earthquake, rescue efforts focus on Hualien | Earthquakes News

Taiwan says 1,000 injured in earthquake, rescue efforts focus on Hualien | Earthquakes News

The quake struck on Wednesday morning and was the strongest to hit the island in 25 years. The search for survivors of Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years continues. At least nine people have been confirmed dead and hundreds injured after the magnitude 7.2 tremor hit off the island’s east…

Several dead, 1,000 homes destroyed in Papua New Guinea earthquake | Earthquakes News

Several dead, 1,000 homes destroyed in Papua New Guinea earthquake | Earthquakes News

Quake struck as remote western region already dealing with floods from earlier this month. Several people have died and some 1,000 homes have been destroyed in a 6.9 magnitude earthquake that hit a remote part of western Papua New Guinea, according to officials. The quake rocked the East Sepik region…

Syrian earthquake survivors still sleep outside one year on | Earthquakes

Syrian earthquake survivors still sleep outside one year on | Earthquakes

NewsFeed Families in Syrian towns devastated by last year’s earthquake are still choosing to sleep in tents outside, one year on. They fear that another quake could strike at any moment and that they could be crushed in their sleep. The Turkey-Syria earthquakes struck the region on February 6, 2023,…

Landslide buries 47 people in China’s southwestern Yunnan province | Earthquakes News

Landslide buries 47 people in China’s southwestern Yunnan province | Earthquakes News

Rescue efforts under way in mountainous area of southwestern China after pre-dawn disaster. Rescue efforts are under way in southwestern China’s mountainous Yunnan province after at least 47 people were buried in a landslide. State news agency Xinhua reported that the disaster struck just before 6am (22:00 GMT on Sunday)…

Death toll from Japanese quake jumps to 161 as snow hinders relief efforts | Earthquakes News

Death toll from Japanese quake jumps to 161 as snow hinders relief efforts | Earthquakes News

Thousands of households remain without power, but situation in evacuation centres is slowly improving. The death toll from Japan’s New Year’s Day earthquake has jumped to 161 with more than 100 people still missing, and snow complicating relief efforts. More than 2,000 people remain cut off since the magnitude 7.6…

Woman in her 90s pulled alive from rubble of Japan earthquake | Earthquakes News

Woman in her 90s pulled alive from rubble of Japan earthquake | Earthquakes News

The 7.6 quake struck on New Year’s Day, causing extensive damage to communities on the Noto Peninsula. A woman in her 90s has been pulled alive from a collapsed house in western Japan, 124 hours after the area was struck by a powerful earthquake that killed at least 126 people….