5.9 magnitude quake strikes off Indonesia's Sumatra: USGS
JAKARTA (AFP) – A 5.9 magnitude quake struck off the coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Monday (Nov 1), the United States Geological [...]
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First islandwide survey to uncover what lies beneath Singapore and its earthquake risk
SINGAPORE – For the first time, an islandwide geophysical survey has been conducted to uncover what lies beneath Singapore. With land in scarce [...]
In quake aftermath, a tiny remote Bali village struggles to retain years of progress
BAN, BALI – High up on the slopes of Mount Agung, in Bali’s remote north-east, 15-year-old Made Indrayana’s dream of becoming a doctor has [...]
Bali earthquake kills three, injures seven
JAKARTA (AFP) – Three people were killed Saturday (Oct 16) when an earthquake struck the Indonesian tourist island Bali, the disaster agency said. [...]
Despair as families sift through rubble of deadly Pakistan quake
HARNAI, PAKISTAN (AFP) – A young man with a jet-black beard crouches, grief-stricken, next to the body of his baby, swaddled in a [...]
Haiti racing to rebuild schools destroyed in earthquake
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) – Haiti is struggling to send children back to class amid the devastation of the earthquake last month that killed more [...]
Death toll crosses 2,000 in quake-stricken Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) – The death toll from a massive earthquake in Haiti soared past 2,000 on Wednesday (Aug 18) as relief workers warned [...]
Haitians grow impatient for quake aid as hungry crowd gathers
LES CAYES, HAITI (REUTERS) – A hungry crowd gathered outside an airport in southern Haiti on Wednesday (Aug 18) as people left homeless [...]
Haiti hospitals struggle to treat thousands injured in quake as death toll rises to 1,297
LES CAYES (AFP) – Hunched on benches, curled up in chairs or even lying the floor, those injured in the powerful earthquake that [...]
Magnitude 7.2 quake hits western Haiti, damaging buildings and prompting tsunami alert
PORT-AU-PRINCE/HAVANA (REUTERS, AFP) – A major earthquake struck western Haiti on Saturday (Aug 14) and was felt across the Caribbean, where people fled [...]