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Geotechnical Egineering News tagged with [deadly earthquake]

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Albania earthquake: Fresh tremors as rescue effort intensifies
BBC NEWS   27 November 2019   Albania   Tirana  
Firefighters extracted this injured man from the rubble in Thumane
<p>Rescuers are scrambling to find survivors under the rubble of buildings in Albania, where a strong earthquake has killed 26 people and injured 650.<br />The magnitude-6.4 tremor struck 34km (21 miles) north-west of the capital, Tirana, as people slept in ...
Albania earthquake: at least nine dead and hundreds injured
The Guardian   26 November 2019   Albania   Tirana  
A damaged building in Thumanë. Photograph: Florion Goga/Reuters
<p>At least nine people have died and 600 people have been injured after a powerful earthquake hit Albania in the early hours of Tuesday, causing damage along the country&rsquo;s Adriatic coastline and in the capital, Tirana. Several buildings collapsed, burying ...
Dramatic images show impact of deadly earthquakes in Philippines
CNN   01 November 2019   Philippines  
A damaged building after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit Kidapawan town, north Cotabato province, on the southern island of Mindanao on October 31, 2019
<p>(CNN) At least 14 people have died after a series of earthquakes rattled the southern Philippines.<br />A 6.5 magnitude quake struck on Thursday morning, local time, in the Tulunan area of Cotabato province on the southern island of Mindanao. That jolt ...
Deadly Earthquake Strikes Southern Philippine Island
The New York Times   29 October 2019   Philippines   Mindanao  
Cerilo Ebrano/EPA, via Shutterstock
<p>MANILA &mdash; A magnitude-6.6 earthquake struck the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Tuesday, sending people fleeing from their homes in panic, causing structural damage to buildings and killing at least three people.<br />The quake struck about ...
Pakistan earthquake leaves 19 dead and 300 injured in Kashmir region
The Guardian   25 September 2019   Pakistan   Kashmir  
Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images
<p>At least 19 people have been killed and 300 injured after a shallow earthquake struck north-eastern Pakistan, tearing car-sized cracks into roads and heavily damaging infrastructure.<br />The quake sent people in Lahore and Islamabad running into the streets. ...
Series of aftershocks hit Indonesia after earthquake kills two
Aljazeera   15 July 2019   Indonesia   Moluccas islands  
Antara Foto/ Reuters
<p>Indonesia's Moluccas islands have been hit by a series of aftershocks after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake killed at least two people, prompting hundreds of people to flee their homes.<br />The United States Geological Survey said Sunday's quake was centred ...
Philippines 6.1-magnitude earthquake leaves 11 dead, 30 feared trapped
CNN Philippines   23 April 2019   Philippines   Samar island  
Workers carry an employee to an ambulance after she became dizzy when the earthquake hit Manila.
<p>CNN-A second major quake has rattled the Philippines after an earlier 6.1-magnitude earthquake that left 11 people dead and 30 still feared trapped in the rubble.<br />The magnitude 6.3 earthquake with a depth of 53.6 miles (83.3km) was registered on the ...
Haiti hit by DEADLY earthquake as tremor SHAKES capital city, Port-au-Prince
Sunday Expresee   07 October 2018   Haiti   Port-au-Prince  
A 5.8 magnitude earthquake has struck near Port-au-Prince (Image: USGS)
<p>The quake took place at 12.11am on Sunday morning with a depth of 10km.<br />The quake was centred around 12 miles (20kilometress) west-northwest of Ti Port-de-Paix off Haiti's north coast.</p> <p>This is the strongest earthquake to hit Haiti since 2010.</p ...
Horror in Indonesia as ground 'TURNS TO LIQUID' after devastating 7.5 magnitude earthquake
Express   01 October 2018   Indonesia   Palu  
<p>THE GROUND has entered a strange liquid-like state in some areas of Indonesia due to the intense stress and shaking from an earthquake on Friday that caused the death of at least 832 people.<br>The soil can be seen moving around like running water and even ...
Indonesia tsunami death toll at 832 and expected to rise, say officials – live updates
The Guardian   30 September 2018   Indonesia   Palu  
Footage taken from a drone on Sunday shows the extent of the damage wrought in Palu by the earthquake and tsunami. Photograph: Social Media/Reuters
<p>A 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit the island of Sulawesi on Friday morning, causing a tsunami and around 170 aftershocks. It is the most devastating earthquake to hit Indonesia since 2004.<br />The area devastated by the disaster is bigger than originally ...