All posts tagged "earthquake"

  • Japanese soccer fans react to a strong earthquake as they watch a J-League soccer match between the Shonan Bellmare and the Sanfrecce Hiroshima at BMW Stadium in Hiratsuka, southwest of Tokyo Saturday, May 30, 2015. A powerful and extremely deep earthquake struck a group of remote Japanese islands and shook Tokyo on Saturday, but officials said there was no danger of a tsunami, and no injuries or damage were immediately reported. (Munehide Someya/Kyodo News via AP)
    Powerful quake strikes off Japan; no tsunami warning

    TOKYO (AP) — A powerful earthquake struck near remote Japanese islands and shook most of the country Saturday evening, but it occurred well beneath the earth’s surface and did not trigger a tsunami warning. Several people suffered...

    • Posted May 30, 2015
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  • Strong quake shakes northeast Japan, no tsunami risk

    TOKYO (AP) — A strong earthquake has hit Japan in the same region devastated by a major quake and tsunami in 2011. Authorities said there is no risk of tsunami. The Japan Meteorological Agency put the preliminary...

    • Posted May 12, 2015
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  • A Nepalese family works to rebuild their damaged house in Lalitpur, Nepal, Friday, May 8, 2015. The April 25 earthquake killed thousands and injured many more as it flattened mountain villages and destroyed buildings and archaeological sites in Kathmandu. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
    S. Korea to help Nepal reconstruction

    SEOUL, May 8 (Yonhap) — South Korea said Friday it is seeking ways to assist in Nepal’s reconstruction efforts. Two weeks after the country was devastated by a powerful earthquake, Nepal has shifted its focus from rescue...

    • Posted May 8, 2015
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  • Downtown Los Angeles (Courtesy of Kevin Stanchfield via Flickr/Creative Commons)
    3.4-magnitude earthquake rattles Los Angeles

    LOS ANGELES (CNS) – A magnitude-3.4 earthquake rattled parts of the Los Angeles area this morning. The temblor struck at 7:01 a.m. at a depth of just under 8.7 miles, its epicenter 2 miles east-northeast of Carson and 3...

    • Posted April 30, 2015
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  • Ramaya pleads for food after an aid relief helicopter lands at the remote mountain village of Gumda, near the epicenter of Saturday's massive earthquake in the Gorkha District of Nepal, Wednesday, April 29, 2015. Aid reached the hilly district for the first time Wednesday, four days after the quake struck. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
    S. Korea to send additional passenger jet to Nepal

    SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) — South Korea said Wednesday it will fly a special passenger plane to and from earthquake-hit Nepal to help its nationals there return home. Korean Air’s 261-seat Boeing 777 jet is scheduled to...

    • Posted April 29, 2015
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  • Damaged buildings lean to their sides in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, April 27, 2015. A strong magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook Nepal's capital and the densely populated Kathmandu Valley on Saturday, causing extensive damage with toppled walls and collapsed buildings. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
    S. Korea to send 40-member relief team to quake-hit Nepal

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea said Monday it will dispatch more than 40 search and rescue workers to the earthquake-hit Nepal amid reports that many victims are still under the rubble. The first 10-member group from the...

    • Posted April 27, 2015
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  • (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
    Death toll from massive Nepal earthquake surpasses 4,000

    KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Officials say the death toll from massive Nepal earthquake has surpassed 4,000. The desperate effort to save lives in earthquake-ravaged Nepal intensified Monday as aid flights arrived bearing emergency medical teams, search-and-rescue equipment,...

    • Posted April 27, 2015
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