TOKYO, Japan (Nov. 14, 2015) — A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the southwestern coast of Japan early Saturday, November 14 authorities said, with a small tsunami observed on one island but no major damage reported.
RUINED. Pakistani earthquake survivors gather around the destroyed houses in Usiak, a village some 50 km from Chitral on October 28, 2015. Farooq Naeem/AFP
CHITRAL, Pakistan (Oct. 29, 2015) — Earthquake survivors in Pakistan and Afghanistan emerged from a third night without shelter Thursday, October 29, as village leaders warned they had nothing to protect children from the freezing conditions while rescuers struggle to reach isolated communities.
THIRD NIGHT. A Pakistani holding a young child injured in the October 26 7.5 magnitude earthquake, sits in her damaged home, in Peshawar, Pakistan, October 28, 2015. Photo by Bilawal Arbab/EPA
SHANGLA, Pakistan (Oct. 28, 2015) — Entire communities of earthquake survivors in Afghanistan and Pakistan were bracing for a third night without shelter in plummeting temperatures Wednesday, October 28 as rescuers struggled to reach remote mountainous regions, with the death toll climbing to 370.
QUAKE VICTIM. A boy who was injured in 7.7 magnitude earthquake, receives medical treatment at a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, October 27, 2015. Arhsad Arbab/EPA
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Oct. 28, 2015) — Rescuers raced against time Wednesday, October 28, to reach cold and hungry survivors of an earthquake that left entire communities in Afghanistan and Pakistan marooned in remote mountain regions, as the death toll climbed to 370.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Oct. 28, 2015) — At least 350 people are known to have died after a massive quake hit Afghanistan and Pakistan, with the toll expected to rise as rescuers reach remote mountainous areas. Continue reading What we know so far on Afghan-Pakistan earthquake→
Growing disaster resiliency in Region 12 (SOCCSKSARGEN) and the rest of Mindanao