Thousands homeless,dozens dead following powerful earthquake in Japan
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Thousands homeless,dozens dead following powerful earthquake in Japan

Aftershocks continue to shake Ishikawa prefecture and nearby areas a day after a magnitude 7.6 quake slammed the area on Monday.

  • bySatoshi Sugiyama

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‘I thought I was going to die’:Australians recount Japan quake escape
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Japan

‘I thought I was going to die’:Australians recount Japan quake escape

The 7.6-magnitude earthquake in western Japan has killed at least 48 people and reduced buildings to rubble.

  • bySarah McPhee andJessica McSweeney
Death toll rises from earthquake in China’s north-west
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China

Death toll rises from earthquake in China’s north-west

More than 500 people have been injured and more than 110 killed in the midnight quake.

  • byKen Moritsugu
‘Panic situation’:Earthquakes,volcano alert close Iceland’s Blue Lagoon spa

‘Panic situation’:Earthquakes,volcano alert close Iceland’s Blue Lagoon spa

Land in the region has risen by nine centimetres since October 27,according to the Icelandic Met Office,without showing imminent signs of eruption.

  • byEgill Bjarnason
More than 100 dead after strong quake hit Nepal while people slept
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Nepal

More than 100 dead after strong quake hit Nepal while people slept

Authorities said the death toll that hit just before midnight on Friday,Nepal time,was expected to rise,noting that communications were cut off in many places.

  • byBinaj Gurubacharya
Victoria rattled by magnitude 5 earthquake

Victoria rattled by magnitude 5 earthquake

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake in Victoria’s Cape Otway region rattled parts of Melbourne in the early hours of Sunday morning.

  • byNajma Sambul
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Desperate people dig out dead and injured from Afghanistan earthquakes

Desperate people dig out dead and injured from Afghanistan earthquakes

At least 2000 people have been killed by earthquakes in the west of the country. Hundreds are still trapped,more than 1000 hurt and more than 1300 homes destroyed.

  • byRiazat Butt
Hundreds of people killed in earthquakes in western Afghanistan,says UN

Hundreds of people killed in earthquakes in western Afghanistan,says UN

Twin earthquakes in western Afghanistan on Saturday killed at least 320 people,according to the United Nations.

I saw how Japan preps for disaster and was shaken. Australia could learn a lot

I saw how Japan preps for disaster and was shaken. Australia could learn a lot

Childhood education,legislation,self-defence forces on stand-by,local government planning – readiness for natural disasters is expensive,but it saves lives.

  • byLatika Bourke
Wedding party saves villagers from devastating Morocco earthquake

Wedding party saves villagers from devastating Morocco earthquake

A video by a guest shows the moment the 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck,with images of celebrations suddenly giving way to chaos,darkness and screaming.

  • byAhmed Eljechtimi
My hotel room rocked and shook violently. I hid in the wardrobe
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Morocco

My hotel room rocked and shook violently. I hid in the wardrobe

I experienced a minute of terror in Marrakesh. The people who had shown me such great hospitality now face much worse.

  • byLee Tulloch