This study analyzes the exposure of energy and transport assets in Asia and the Pacific to climate change and earthquake hazards and highlights how multi-hazard assessment can help strengthen the resilience of crucial infrastructure. Geolocating and undertaking a multi-hazard assessment of more than 30,000 infrastructure assets, the study identifies significant …
BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Countries are divided on how a new global plan to reduce the risk of disasters should measure progress, with some governments opposed to setting numerical targets for cutting deaths and economic losses and protecting infrastructure. A world conference in Japan in mid-March aims to adopt …
(Reuters) - A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific island of Vanuatu on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake struck 37 miles north-northeast of the capital Port Vila, and was 20.5 miles deep.
At least 11 people were injured yesterday when a magnitude 5 earthquake hit southwest China’s Sichuan Province. The quake struck Jinkouhe District in the city of Leshan at 1:21pm. Its epicenter was monitored at 29.3 degrees north latitude and 103.2 degrees east longitude with a depth of 14 kilometers, the …
BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As economic losses from disasters rise around the world, more effort is needed to reduce the risks from extreme weather and earthquakes in every area, from infrastructure to health, the United Nations disaster prevention chief said. Margareta Wahlström, head of the U.N. Office for Disaster …
The Bhagirathi eco-sensitive zone notification has not been successfully implemented in the Uttarkashi due to the failure of the State Government to involve residents of the area and provide them correct information about the implications of the notification. Environmental activists in the region believe that proper implementation of the ESZ …
URUMQI - A 5.0-magnitude earthquake has damaged houses and affected over 1,500 residents in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, local authorities said. No casualties have been reported so far. The quake struck at 2:50 pm Saturday (Beijing Time), with the epicenter detected at 40.2 degrees north latitude and 77.3 …
FRANKFURT: The human and economic cost of natural disasters such as hurricanes and earthquakes fell sharply worldwide last year, helped by improved early warning systems, the world’s largest reinsurer Munich Re said today. The number of people killed fell to 7,700 in 2014 from 21,000 the year before, while economic …
About seven out of every 10 people live in areas in Japan that are at risk of disasters such as floods, landslides, earthquakes, ground liquefaction or tsunami, government data show. Those who live in such areas totaled an estimated 94.42 million or 73.7 percent of the country’s population which stood …
Swarm is the latest in a string of temblors to hit north Texas since oil and gas development began in 2008 but area is not ‘a permanent type of seismic region’ The north Texas birthplace of fracking has been rattled by 11 earthquakes in just over 24 hours, the US …
Reuters) - A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck off the west coast of Panama on Wednesday, about 261 kms (162.18 miles) south of the city of David, the U.S. Geological Survey said. No tsunami warning was issued for the area following the quake, which was initially registered at 6.8 but was …
Two small magnitude 3.5 earthquakes shook parts of Texas on Tuesday, but no damage was immediately reported. The first one rattled the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area shortly after 3 p.m. Central time, and a second one struck Snyder less than an hour later. Snyder is about 250 miles west of …
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) " A powerful magnitude-5.6 earthquake Tuesday jolted awake many residents in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, but there were no immediate reports of serious damage or injuries. The quake struck at 6:48 a.m. local time, according to the United States Geological Survey. The epicenter was …
A strong earthquake has jolted New Zealand’s South Island, but there have been no early reports of damage. GeoNet reported a quake of magnitude 6.4 struck 35km north of the Canterbury town of Methven about 6.48am on Tuesday at a depth of 10km, with at least six aftershocks measured in …
A series of earthquakes that hit Ohio last year were caused by fracking, experts have claimed. Published in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, researchers looked at five earthquakes that hit Poland Township, Ohio, in March 2014. They discovered hydraulic fracturing had activated a previously unknown fault that …
Tens of thousands of civil servants and representatives of nongovernmental organizations are to meet in the Tohoku region this spring to examine global approaches to disaster response. The U.N. World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction will be held in the city of Sendai from March 14 to 18, with participants …
Reuters) - An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 struck in the sea 160 km (100 miles) northwest of Ternate in Indonesia's Moluccas archipelago at 0933 ET on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Local media said there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage In a revision from …
KANGDING, Sichuan - A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck Kangding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, at 11:19 p.m. Tuesday, with three people slightly injured, local authorities said early Wednesday. Two of the three injured were reported in Bamei township and one in Xiede township, Daofu county. The quake also flattened some houses …
NAGANO – The Nagano Prefectural Government and police reported 45 people were injured and water supply was cut off at some 690 houses due to the earthquake that hit the northern part of the prefecture Saturday. The government of the city of Nagano and those of the villages of Hakuba …
Five people were killed and 54 others injured after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit a heavily Tibetan region of southwest China's Sichuan Province on Saturday. The quake struck at 4:55 p.m. Saturday, with the epicenter measured at the Tagong Prairie, Kangding County, in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Garze, according to …
A strong 6.7 magnitude earthquake in central Japan left 39 people injured, seven seriously, and wrecked homes in a popular ski resort, the government said Sunday. The earthquake struck at 10:08 p.m. Saturday west of Nagano at a depth of 10 kilometers, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The agency revised …
