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Dealing with disaster in Japan
It's been a tough month for Japan. First the biggest typhoon in 25 years blew through the western region, then a major earthquake in Hokkaido swiftly followed. Both wreaked havoc and recovery is still in process. On Tech takes a look at apps offering ...
As rescuers dig through landslides, Hokkaido quake toll rises to 35, with another 2 presumed dead
Nine others remain unaccounted for in hard-hit town of Atsuma after an entire mountainside collapsed on their homes.
Neon lights above Sapporo's famed nightlife district darkened by quake
The neon lights of Sapporo's famed Susukino entertainment district were still off Thursday night, the area's revelers replaced by people huddled in hotel lobby entrances or queuing for water and other bare essentials following the powerful earthquake that jolted the nation's northernmost island of ...
A number of sporting events have been postponed or cancelled in the wake of Thursday morning's magnitude 6.7 earthquake in Hokkaido. Friday's scheduled international soccer friendly between Japan and Chile at Sapporo Dome was cancelled. The match was to be Hajime Moriyasu's debut in charge ...
Magnitude 6.2 offshore earthquake hits west of Oregon but no tsunami threat: USGS
An offshore earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 hit 165 miles (265 km) west-northwest of Bandon, Oregon, on Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey said. The quake, which was originally reported at 6.3 magnitude, was recorded at a depth of about 6 miles (10 km) ...
Strong M7.3 earthquake rocks Venezuela; buildings evacuated in capital
A powerful earthquake shook Venezuela's northeastern coast on Tuesday, spooking residents in the capital who evacuated buildings and briefly interrupting a pro-government rally in favor of a series of controversial economic reforms. The U.S. Geological Survey put the magnitude of the quake at 7.3 and ...
A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake rocked the Indonesian island of Lombok on Sunday, sending people fleeing into the streets just two weeks after a quake which killed more than 460 people. The quake was centered west-southwest of Belanting town in East Lombok, the U.S. Geological Survey ...
Just one week later, another strong earthquake rattles Indonesia's Lombok Island
A strong earthquake struck Indonesia's popular tourist island of Lombok on Sunday, triggering a tsunami warning, one week after another quake in the same area killed more than a dozen people. There were no immediate reports of casualties, but the latest quake caused people to ...
M5.9 earthquake injures nearly 130 in western Iran on heels of two earlier jolts in south
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake hit western Iran on Sunday, injuring at least 128 people, hours after two quakes struck Hormozgan province in the south, state television reported. Houshang Bazvand, governor of the western province of Kermanshah, said that most of the 128 who received treatment ...
Hokkaido and Pacific coast now understood to face higher risk of powerful earthquakes
The government’s annual earthquake probability map indicates an increased likelihood of strong quakes occurring within the next 30 years across a wide area of the Pacific coast.
Strong M6.1 earthquake strikes Vanuatu but no tsunami warning issued: USGS
A powerful 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit Vanuatu Friday, U.S. seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami warning issued. The quake struck at a depth of 21 km (13 miles) some 30 km west of the Pacific nation's capital Port Vila, ...
People pile into shelters in quake-hit Osaka Prefecture as rains stir landslide fears
The number of people taking refuge at shelters in earthquake-hit Osaka Prefecture grew by more than 1,000 on Wednesday as heavy rain sparked fears of landslides.
