Tag: Earthquake

A 7.4 magnitude earthquake has struck the southeastern coast of the Philippines. According to the US Geological Survey, the quake struck off the eastern side of Mindanao island, 123 kilometers ...

Calls for international aid have been made as Afghanistan reels from an earthquake that killed more than 1,400 people and left thousands more injured. Rescuers searched into the night on Monday for ...

A number of countries have sent their condolences as more than 800 people have been killed and 2,500 injured after an earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan. The magnitude 6 earthquake hit ...

A massive earthquake off Russia's coast has prompted evacuations in Japan, Hawaii and some parts of the US west coast. This came as the earthquake triggered widespread tsunami warnings. Tsunami ...

Myanmar’s governing military has declared a unilateral, temporary ceasefire in the country’s civil war to facilitate rescue efforts after last week’s powerful earthquake, as state television reported the death toll from ...

The UN’s humanitarian agency (OCHA) has disclosed that hospitals in central and northwestern Myanmar are “struggling to cope with the influx of people injured during the earthquake.” The agency added ...

An Indian aid flight has landed in Myanmar, a day after a powerful 7.7-magnitude caused widespread damage in the country. Myanmar junta chief, Min Aung Hlaing issued an exceptionally rare appeal for international ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has triggered its emergency management system in response to an earthquake in Myanmar and was mobilising its logistics hub in Dubai to prepare trauma injury ...

Caroline Holt, the global Head of operations at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), has stated that rescuing people trapped under the rubble is "critical" ...

The Group of 20 top world economies has added the African Union as a permanent member. This came as the annual G20 summit began on Saturday, September 9, 2023, at New Delhi, ...