Powerful Earthquakes Leave at Least 55 Dead, Destroy Buildings in Japan January 3, 2024 By Hiro Komae and Yuri Kageyama WAJIMA, Japan (AP) — A series of powerful earthquakes that hit western Japan have left at least 55 people dead...
Papua New Guinea Assesses Damage After Powerful Earthquake April 4, 2023 By Nick Perry WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Disaster relief workers in Papua New Guinea were assessing the extent of damage in a...
7.6 Quake Damages Buildings in Indonesia, Felt in Australia January 11, 2023 JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A powerful deep-sea earthquake damaged village buildings in a lightly populated island chain in eastern Indonesia...
Flooding, Landslides Kill at Least 25 People in Philippines April 13, 2022 MANILA, Philippines (AP) –The death toll from landslides and floods that hit the central and southern Philippines after a summer...
Hard-Hit Indonesia Quake Zone Was Seen as High-Risk October 11, 2018 By ANDI JATMIKO and MARGIE MASON When the violent shaking from a massive magnitude 7.5 earthquake finally stopped, Selvi Susanti stood up and realized something strange...
New Zealand Hit With 7.8M Earthquake, Tsunami Alert Triggered November 14, 2016 By NICK PERRY A powerful earthquake struck New Zealand’s South Island early Monday, shaking awake residents, causing damage to buildings and prompting emergency...
Taiwan Faces Greatest Tsunami Risk: Guy Carpenter March 26, 2015 A new report finds that southwest Taiwan, specifically, up to 4 meters at the Port of Kaohsiung, Taiwan’s principal port...
New Zealand Hit by 6.3 Magnitude Earthquake January 21, 2014 An earthquake in New Zealand on Monday shook loose a giant eagle sculpture promoting “The Hobbit” movie trilogy and caused...
Death Toll in Philippines Quake Jumps to 93 October 16, 2013 By BULLIT MARQUEZ The death toll from a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck the central Philippine island of Bohol on Tuesday rose to 93,...
Quakes Kill 2 in Taiwan, Injure 33 in Philippines June 3, 2013 A strong earthquake jolted Taiwan on Sunday, killing two people and injuring at least 21 others and causing panicked shoppers...