Natural disaster

5.0-magnitude quake hits Taiwan: USGS

Taipei – A magnitude-5.0 earthquake hit northeastern Taiwan on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said, causing buildings to shake... Read more

9 Apr

Kyaukse – The death toll from a huge earthquake that hit Myanmar and Thailand passed 700 on Saturday, as... Read more

29 Mar

Sydney – A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck off New Zealand’s South Island on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey said.... Read more

25 Mar

Cape Town – A 5.3-magnitude tremor struck Brandvlei, Northern Cape, on Sunday, with its epicenter 100km west of the... Read more

22 Dec, 2024

Benghazi – At least 2 300 people were killed in Libya and thousands more were reported missing after catastrophic... Read more

13 Sep, 2023

Jesús Galindo-Zaldivar, Universidad de Granada The epicentre of Morocco’s devastating earthquake on 8 September was in the High Atlas... Read more

11 Sep, 2023

Tafeghaghte – Moroccans on Sunday mourned the victims of a devastating earthquake that killed more than 2,000 people as... Read more

10 Sep, 2023

Nairobi – Millions of people in Somalia are at risk of famine, with young children the most vulnerable to the... Read more

13 Apr, 2022

Algiers – An earthquake rocked the Algerian port city of Bejaia on Saturday injuring two people, emergency services said.... Read more

20 Mar, 2022

Accra – Almost 4 000 people on Ghana’s coast were still displaced on Wednesday after a weekend tidal surge swept... Read more

10 Nov, 2021