Tuesday’s massive 7.8 earthquake in Pakistan has resulted in the very rare development of a new island.
According to officials near the Gwadar coast the island is close to 40 feet high and around 100 feet wide. The island emerged from the ocean about 350 feet off the Gwadar coast. Continue reading
A 7.7 magnitude earthquake has ripped through Balochistan, the largest province in Pakistan, killing at least 30 people.
The quake struck Tuesday at 4:29 p.m. local time, around 40 miles north-east of the city of Awaran. The region is remote with smaller populations than neighboring provinces. Continue reading
Chinese state media has raised the death toll from Monday’s dual earthquakes to 94.
Hundreds are injured and the death toll is likely to rise as rescuers reach some of the more remote parts of the Gansu province. The majority of the deaths are reported to be residents of Dingxi city within Gansu. Continue reading
The death toll in China’s Dingxi earthquake has risen to at least 75 with over 400 injured according to relief workers in the area.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the region was actually hit by two quakes last evening. The first was just under a 6.0 magnitude and very shallow with a depth of just 6 miles. A second quake, a 5.6 magnitude, hit the same area an hour later. Continue reading
An earthquake of at least 5.9 magnitude struck in rural western China Monday morning killing at least 20 people. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was very shallow at only 6 miles deep.
Officials in the Gansu province say the quake struck near the city of Dingxi. The area is about the size of New Jersey and a total population of 2.7 million population. Continue reading