The death toll from Saturday’s twin earthquakes in northwestern Iran is now responsible for 306 deaths according to government officials. Officials attribute the climbing toll to injured dying in hospitals and reports of dead buried by family members before the arrival of government staff.
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck at 5:23pm local time followed by a 6.3 earthquake in the same area 11 minutes later. Officials report that 20 villages in the region were completely destroyed and hundreds of others have suffered varying levels of damage. Continue reading →
DEVELOPING: Northwestern Iran was struck Saturday by a series of major earthquakes, the strongest registering magnitude 6.4, as local media reported dozens of people dead and hundreds hurt.
An official said in local media reports cited by Reuters that 40 to 50 people were killed and 400 hurt, but those numbers couldn’t be independently confirmed.
A rise in Earthquakes in California and Alaska continued into a second day.
Alaska had three earthquakes strike in just over a two hour period. A 2.7 magnitude quake struck south of Seward, Alaska at 10:18. At 11:43, a 4.9 quake struck southeast of Whittier, Alaska with a second 3.0 magnitude quake hitting in the same area about 50 minutes later. Continue reading →
California and Alaska have been rocked with multiple earthquakes in the last 24 hours.
Yorba Linda, California was struck with three earthquakes in just over one hour. The first, a magnitude 4.5, struck at 9:33 am local time, less than a mile and a half from the city center. The second hit 18 minutes later and measured 3.4 on the Richter Scale. The quake centered 2½ miles from the city. Continue reading →
Baghlan governor Munshi Majeed told the BBC that more than 80 people have been killed in a massive landslide caused by twin earthquakes in Afghanistan on Monday.
“This is a human tragedy,” Majeed said. “An entire village was lost.” Continue reading →
The numbers of deaths are expected to rise as more reports come in from areas in Afghanistan devastated by a pair of weekend earthquakes. The 5.4 and 5.7 quakes were located a few miles apart and struck within a minute of each other on Monday morning. Landslides buried or destroyed at least 20 village homes.
Three deaths have been confirmed but others are feared to have been buried in the landslides. Continue reading →
Two earthquakes of 6.2 and 6.4 struck within 2 ½ hours of each other just south of Panama on Sunday. Initial reports had indicated one 6.6 quake but data from the United States Geological Survey showed the two quakes within a 14 mile stretch of ocean floor. Continue reading →
At least 15 people died and thousands have been left homeless by a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in the Emilia region of Italy. The quake struck at 9:03 a.m. local time sending residents and business employees racing into the street to avoid crumbling buildings.
There are multiple reports of people trapped beneath toppled buildings. Continue reading →
Two large earthquakes rocked countries on opposite sides of the “Ring of Fire”.
A 7.1 earthquake shook Papua New Guinea in the South Pacific. The earthquake did not cause any major structural damage or injuries because of it’s location however it was felt for hundreds of miles. Due to the depth of the earthquake there was no tsunami warning issued for this quake. Continue reading →
The death toll from Saturday’s twin earthquakes in northwestern Iran is now responsible for 306 deaths according to government officials. Officials attribute the climbing toll to injured dying in hospitals and reports of dead buried by family members before the arrival of government staff.
DEVELOPING: Northwestern Iran was struck Saturday by a series of major earthquakes, the strongest registering magnitude 6.4, as local media reported dozens of people dead and hundreds hurt.
