Myanmar quake death toll passes 1,600, as junta lets in foreign rescuers
Bangkok, Thailand Reuters Myanmar’s military rulers let in hundreds of foreign rescue personnel on Saturday after an earthquake killed more than 1,600 people, the deadliest natural disaster to hit the impoverished, war-torn country in years. Friday’s 7.7 magnitude quake, among the biggest to jolt the South-East Asian nation in the last century, crippled airports, bridges […]
After quake, Thailand’s capital grinds to a halt amid fear and chaos
Bangkok, Thailand Reuters Bangkok ground to a halt on Friday after a strong earthquake shook the clogged Thai capital, causing chaos and triggering city-wide evacuations that left many thousands of people stranded for much of the day. All urban rail systems were suspended and roads were gridlocked across one of Asia’s biggest cities after the […]
Powerful earthquake kills more than 140 in Myanmar, death toll likely to rise
Updated: 8am, 29th March, 2025 Reuters A powerful earthquake killed more than 140 people in Myanmar on Friday, authorities said, toppling buildings and wrecking infrastructure across a wide area, including a skyscraper under construction in neighbouring Thailand. Much of the devastation was in Myanmar’s second-largest city, Mandalay, which lies close to the epicentre of the […]
Vanuatu earthquake death toll rises to 14 as rescuers continue search
Updated: 11:15am (AEDT) Wellington, New Zealand Reuters Rescuers in Vanuatu on Wednesday searched for people still trapped after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck the Pacific nation’s capital Port Vila on Tuesday, killing 14 people, and damaging reservoirs, commercial buildings, embassies and a hospital. At least 200 people are being treated for injuries at the capital’s […]
Quake with 7.1 magnitude hits western Japan, no major damage reported
Tokyo, Japan Reuters An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 hit south-western Japan on Thursday, triggering tsunami advisories, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, but there were no immediate signs of major damage. There have been no reports of abnormalities at nuclear power plants following the quake, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters. A collapsed […]
Taiwan earthquake rescuers face threat of landslides, rockfalls as death toll at 12
Hualien, Taiwan Reuters Rescuers in Taiwan faced the threat of further landslides and rockfalls in their search on Friday for a dozen people still missing from this week’s earthquake, as the death toll rose to 12 and some of the stranded were brought to safety. Searchers discovered two more bodies after Wednesday’s quake of magnitude […]
Resilient Taiwan responded fast to earthquake after years honing skills
Hualien, Taiwan Reuters When a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan’s scenic and largely rural east coast county of Hualien on Wednesday, local official Chang Tung-yao knew exactly what to do, having experienced a similar temblor six years before. Within two hours of the quake, which struck just before 8am as people were getting ready for […]
Taiwan earthquake injuries top 1,000, missing hotel workers found
Hualien, Taiwan Reuters The number of people injured in a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in eastern Taiwan climbed past 1,000 on Thursday though the death toll remained steady at nine, with dozens workers on their way to a hotel in a national park mostly now found safe. The temblor, the strongest in 25 years, hit on […]
Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years kills nine; 50 missing
Updated: 8:15am, 4th April, 2024 (AEDT) Hualien, Taiwan Reuters Taiwan’s biggest earthquake in at least 25 years killed nine people on Wednesday and injured more than 900, while 50 workers travelling in minibuses to a hotel in a national park were missing. Some buildings tilted at precarious angles in the mountainous, sparsely populated county of […]
Three dead, 1,000 homes destroyed in Papua New Guinea quake, Australian media report
Sydney, Australia Reuters Three people were killed and over 1,000 homes destroyed after a 6.7 magnitude earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Sunday, local and Australian media reported on Monday. Sunday’s quake hit the remote East Sepik province in the north of the country at the depth of 65 kilometres, the German Research Center for […]