SHAKE AND BLOW

News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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Dozens of sinkholes pock Croatia's quake-hit villages
Mar 11, 2021 (AFP)
The holes started appearing days after a 6.4 magnitude quake struck killing seven people and tearing down hundreds of buildings around the town of Petrinja on D...
Nicaragua volcano blankets communities in ash
Mar 10, 2021 (AFP)
The surprise eruption ejected a column of smoke and ash that was dumped as far as 17 kilometers (10.5 miles) from the volcano's foot, Nicaragua journalist Carol...
Suspense in Iceland as dormant volcanic zone shows signs of life
Mar 10, 2021 (AFP)
The eerie cone of Mount Keilir rises up over the lunar-like landscape, just 25 kilometres (15 miles) from Reykjavik, looming over the area now being closely mon...
Fukushima reverend prays for revival of radiation-hit church
Mar 09, 2021 (AFP)
Ten years after a tsunami overwhelmed the cooling systems at the nearby plant, sending it into meltdown, the Fukushima First Bible Baptist Church is a shell hau...
Decade after Fukushima, Japan towns struggle to rebuild community
Mar 09, 2021 (AFP)
A decade after radiation forced tens of thousands to flee their homes in Fukushima, some towns in the region are still wrestling with the difficult question of ...
Seven dead in Algeria floods: civil protection
Mar 07, 2021 (AFP)
Three men, two women, a five-year-old boy and a girl of 12 died after vehicles they were travelling in were swept away in the Chlef region on Saturday, the agen...
Hundreds of houses destroyed by twin tremors in Greece
Mar 07, 2021 (AFP)
Wednesday and Thursday's quakes, rated at magnitude 6.3 and 5.9, damaged hundreds of buildings in the villages of Larissa, Elassona, Tyrnavos and Farkadona and ...
Strong aftershocks rock New Zealand's North Island
Mar 06, 2021 (AFP)
There have been no reports of serious damage or injury from the quakes, nor from a host of smaller tremors, which were centred offshore from the eastern city of...
Tsunami warnings lifted as threat from monster quakes subsides
Mar 05, 2021 (AFP)
Quakes of 7.3, 7.4 and 8.1 magnitude struck near New Zealand's remote Kermadec Islands in quick succession early Friday, followed by dozens of powerful aftersho...
The towering sea wall legacy of Japan's 2011 tsunami
Mar 05, 2021 (AFP)
A decade after the deadly waves unleashed by one of the most powerful earthquakes in recorded history, the lesson learned in many coastal towns was: build highe...
Greece rocked by new 5.9 quake near city of Larissa
Mar 04, 2021 (AFP)
No injuries were immediately reported from the new quake, which was felt 20 kilometres (12 miles) from Elassona, near Larissa, the observatory said. But rescue ...
Japan's children of the tsunami shaped by tragedy
Mar 04, 2021 (AFP)
Ten years on, Naganuma and others like him form a generation whose young lives were shaped by what is known in Japan as the triple disaster: a powerful earthqua...
Japan's 2011 disaster by the numbers
Mar 04, 2021 (AFP)
The scale of the devastation is difficult to capture, but here are some figures that help paint a picture. - 9.0 magnitude quake - The undersea quake that struc...
Strong earthquake damages dozens of buildings in Greece
Mar 03, 2021 (AFP)
The state ambulance service said it had given assistance to 10 lightly injured people. In the main city of Larissa, a 55-year-old man was hospitalised with head...
Iceland braces for potential volcanic eruption
Mar 03, 2021 (AFP)
Tremors signalling a potential eruption were detected on Wednesday afternoon, near Mount Keilir, inactive for the past 800 years, the Icelandic Met Office said....
Indonesia's erupting Sinabung volcano belches column of ash
Mar 02, 2021 (AFP)
The volcano on Sumatra island started blasting debris early in the morning, according to a local geological agency, which recorded 13 bursts. Authorities have i...
Quake rocks Reykjavik, raises Iceland's volcano activity
Feb 24, 2021 (AFP)
The epicentre of the quake was located near Mount Keilir, a small mountain of 378 metres (1,240 feet) on the Reykjanes peninsula, some 30 kilometres (19 miles) ...
Severe floods kill five in Indonesia's capital
Feb 21, 2021 (AFP)
The city was struck by torrential rains over the weekend, which flooded dozens of major roads and forced hundreds of people to rush to emergency shelters. A 67-...
Floods cripple Indonesia's capital
Feb 20, 2021 (AFP)
More than 1,300 residents have been evacuated to temporary shelters, with parts of the capital under four to nine feet (1.2 to 2.7 metres) of water. Images show...
Indonesia volcano erupts, spews red-hot lava
Feb 19, 2021 (AFP)
The volcano, close to Indonesia's cultural capital Yogyakarta on Java island, had already spewed lava almost two dozen times over the two last days and caused h...
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