Earthquakes

Visitor numbers to Japan’s Kumamoto Castle drop after quake reopening

Tourism is a major driver in the regional economy of Kyushu, including Kumamoto.

Mapping the 5.0-magnitude quake in China

Over 2,000 remain in shelters one month after Kumamoto quake

Some 2,460 people continued to take refuge at 61 evacuation centers as of Aug 27, down from more than 10,000 at one point.

Magnitude-5 quake hits Tibet, hundreds of miles north of Himalayan flood

The quake was at a depth of 10km in northern Tibet, the German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

Nepal-Tibet floods: Singapore Red Cross pledges $50,000 in humanitarian aid

More than 1,300 people are missing on Aug 27, a day after flash floods and landslides along the Nepal-Tibet border killed at least 270, sweeping away entire villages.

Another earthquake detected off Johor’s Batu Pahat coast in two months, no tsunami threat

The 3.1-magnitude tremor occurred at 4.12pm at a depth of 10km.

‘We’re going to keep going’: Venezuelan quake rescuers soldier on

Domingo Pacheco (right) observing collapsed structures during inspection operations in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, on Aug 4.

Venezuela quake death toll surpasses 6,500

The previous death toll had stood at 6,438.

Mapping the 4.9-magnitude quake in Afghanistan

Death toll from eastern Indonesia quake rises to 100

Patients receiving treatment in a makeshift tent outside Ruteng Hospital on Aug 19, following a magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province.

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