At least fourteen people have been killed after a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Flores early on Saturday morning. This was confirmed by the nation’s disaster mitigation agency. Scores of others have been injured, though authorities cautioned that all figures remain preliminary as search and rescue operations continue across a remote…
Colombia is in a state of national emergency after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck the country on Monday morning. This killed at least 132 people, injuring more than 480, and leaving survivors trapped beneath collapsed buildings across multiple cities. The quake hit at 07:34 local time, originating at a depth of 103 kilometres near the…
Emergency crews have rescued Hernán Gil alive after he spent eight days trapped beneath the rubble of a collapsed building following the Venezuela twin earthquakes. Gil was freed after rescuers from Venezuela, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, Portugal and the United States carried out a complex operation. Teams had located him days earlier but…
Residents in Venezuela have accused the government of failing to respond quickly after twin earthquakes devastated parts of the country’s northern coast, leaving at least 1,700 people dead. In La Guaira, one of the worst-hit areas, desperate families say rescue operations started too late and have not reached many collapsed buildings. Survivors claim volunteers and…
Argentine footballer Lucas Trejo has lost his wife and two children after rescue workers recovered their bodies from a collapsed apartment building following the powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela’s northern coast. Trejo, 38, was in Caracas with his club, Sport Marítimo de La Guaira, when twin earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5 hit the country on…
At least 32 people have died and hundreds more have been injured after two powerful earthquakes hit Venezuela within seconds. Venezuela has declared a state of emergency after twin earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude struck near the capital, Caracas, on Wednesday evening. Interim President Delcy Rodríguez confirmed that at least 32 people were killed…
Japanese authorities evaluate widespread impacts following a 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck off the northeastern coast late Monday night. The quake injured at least 33 people and prompted urgent tsunami warnings across affected regions. The Quake Hits Northern Coast The 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck off Japan’s northeastern coast on Monday night. It occurred around 11:15…
