Member 2005Indonesia quake destroys hundreds of homes: official (AFP)07-08-2008 21h58AFP - A powerful 6.6-magnitude quake destroyed more than 500 homes on a remote island chain in eastern Indonesia early Thursday, but only five people were injured, officials said. Strong Indonesian quake causes damage, injuries (AP)07-08-2008 19h57AP - A strong earthquake rattled Indonesia's eastern Sumbawa island early Thursday, damaging around 1,200 buildings and injuring at least five people, officials said. 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits Indian Ocean (Reuters)05-08-2008 20h20Reuters - A 5.5. magnitude earthquake struck in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday, but officials described it as "small" and a tsunami warning was not issued. Asia-Pacific plans regional exercises for disasters (Reuters)24-07-2008 18h40Reuters - Asia-Pacific nations on Thursday called for greater coordination in dealing with natural disasters, including deploying military resources, in a region prone to earthquakes, cyclones and tsunamis. Asia-Pacific eyes coordinated disaster relief work (AP)24-07-2008 17h37AP - Asia-Pacific powers on Thursday announced an ambitious plan to pool their military and civilian resources for disaster responses in a region beset by cyclones, earthquakes and floods. Strong quake jolts northern Japan, no tsunami (Reuters)24-07-2008 02h41Reuters - A strong earthquake jolted northern Japan early on Thursday, injuring several people, burying three cars under a landslide and cutting off electric power to at least 10,000 homes, media reports and officials said. Strong quake shakes northern Japan, no tsunami (AP)21-07-2008 21h39AP - A strong earthquake with a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck off the northern Japanese coast Monday, but there was no danger of a tsunami, the nation's weather agency said. WITNESS: Hell's kitchen: mining sulfur in a volcano (Reuters)21-07-2008 18h46Reuters - Ed Davies is deputy bureau chief Indonesia, where many live with smoldering volcanoes and frequent earthquakes. He joined Reuters in 1996 in Hong Kong and has also been based in Singapore and South Korea. In the following story, he describes spending a day with the sulfur miners of an East Java volcano. <<< Prev member Next member >>> Randon Members Member 145 Member 3656 Member 1014 Member 4295 Member 4542 Member 1070 Member 2923 Member 1658 Member 1930 Member 4274 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 | |
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