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Hokkaido industries still struggling following quake-triggered blackout
Key industries in Hokkaido are still struggling with secondary damage from the massive blackout triggered by the powerful earthquake a month ago. The power outage even forced factories far away from the seismic center of the 6.7 magnitude earthquake to suspend operations. Food and beverage factories ...
M5.2 earthquake rocks southern Hokkaido but no tsunami warning issued
An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 5.2 jolted Hokkaido on Friday morning, the biggest since a deadly quake rocked Japan's northernmost main island about a month ago, the Meteorological Agency said. The 8:58 a.m. quake, which occurred in a southern part of the island ...
Time running out in search for survivors of Indonesia's quake and tsunami
Time was running out for anyone trapped in the rubble of a devastating earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia on Wednesday, five days after disaster struck, while increasingly angry survivors waited for an aid operation to move into high gear. The official death toll from the ...
Indonesia to start mass burials of over 800 killed in earthquake and tsunami
A mass burial of earthquake and tsunami victims began in a hard-hit city Monday as the need for heavy equipment to dig for survivors of the disasters that struck a central Indonesian island grows increasingly desperate. The toll of more than 800 dead is largely ...
Young Indonesian air traffic controller hailed as quake hero
An Indonesian air traffic controller is being posthumously hailed as a hero for refusing to leave his post despite devastating earthquakes so that he could guide a passenger jet safely off the ground. Twenty-one-year-old Anthonius Gunawan Agung was on duty in the air traffic control ...
5.0 magnitude earthquake rocks Indonesia's Aceh but no tsunami warning issued
A 5.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia's western Aceh province early Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The shallow quake struck shortly before 1 a.m. local time with its epicenter 20 km northwest of the city ...
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 ...
