Category: Earthquakes & Tsunamis

Canterbury NZ hit by two quakes

Canterbury residents were last night shaken awake by two big aftershocks - exactly a month after the devastating 7.1

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Quake Could Destroy Nuclear Plant

A short drive from the Armenian capital, the enormous cooling towers of the Metzamor nuclear power station sit in

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Earthquake shakes Turkey

ISTANBUL --- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.4 struck northwestern Turkey but there are no immediate reports

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Earthquake hits central Japan

TOKYO --- A 5.0-magnitude quake hit areas some 200 kilometres (125 miles) north of Tokyo Sunday as Japan's early

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9 Earthquakes shake Nevada

Nevada had a few earthquakes today. A total number of 9 earthquakes in one day ranging between 2 and

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Earthquake hits eastern Romania

BUCHAREST, Romania --- Officials say a moderate 4.6 magnitude earthquake has rattled eastern Romania. The Romanian Institute for Earth Physics

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Quake rocks Samoa on tsunami anniversary

APIA, Samoa (AFP) – Samoa on Wednesday marked the first anniversary of a tsunami that killed 143 people, as

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Earthquake hits north of Tokyo

TOKYO: A 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit Japan's main island of Honshu about 175 kilometres (110 miles) north of Tokyo Wednesday

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Two Quakes hit eastern Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Two powerful earthquakes hit waters off eastern Indonesia in rapid succession Thursday, prompting officials to briefly

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Six Quakes hit Taiwan overnight

Taipei, Sept. 29 (CNA) Six earthquakes, including a magnitude 5.1 temblor, have shaken eastern Taiwan's Hualien County over the

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