Blog Posts on calamities

Magnitude 8.7 quake rocks Indonesia by Reyn's Room on Apr 11, 2012A magnitude 8.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia on Wednesday. Tsunami warning was issued for the whole Indian Ocean. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the quake struck 308 miles (500 km) s\outhwest of the city of Band...

Magnitude 7.6 quake rocks Mexico by Reyn's Room on Mar 20, 2012A powerful earthquake rocked Mexico and parts of central America on Tuesday. The quake, which measured at magnitude 7.6 in the Richter Scale, knocked out electricity and phone service in the county's capital. Thousands of people fled into...

Magnitude 6.8 quake rocks Japan by Reyn's Room on Mar 14, 2012A magnitude-6.8 earthquake rocked Japan on Wednesday evening, March 14. The quake was recorded off the east coast of Honshu 26.6 km deep. It's epicenter was 234 km from Kushiro, Hokkaido, and 736 km from the capital Tokyo, according to USGS. A ts...

Strong quakes jolt Masbate by Reyn's Room on Mar 5, 2012Two strong earthquakes jolted parts of Masbate province this Tuesday morning, March 6. The first quake, of tectonic origin and with magnitude 5.2 struck at around 7:06 AM, three kilometers north of Masbate City. A few minutes minutes later, another...

Thousands told to evacuate as floods hit Australia by Reyn's Room on Mar 3, 2012SYDNEY — Thousands of Australians were Saturday ordered to evacuate their homes in Sydney’s northwest and elsewhere in New South Wales state as heavy rainfall flooded rivers and waterways. State Emergency Service Commissioner Murray Kear said t...

Thousands told to evacuate as floods hit Australia by Indo Pinoy | The First Indian-Filipino News Blog on Mar 3, 2012SYDNEY — Thousands of Australians were Saturday ordered to evacuate their homes in Sydney’s northwest and elsewhere in New South Wales state as heavy rainfall flooded rivers and waterways. State Emergency Service Commissioner Murray Kear said...

Powerful quake hits near Taiwan's second city by Reyn's Room on Feb 26, 2012TAIPEI — A shallow 5.9-magnitude earthquake hit near Taiwan's second city of Kaohsiung on Sunday, US seismologists said. The quake struck 57 kilometres (35 miles) east of the city at 10:34 a.m. (0234 GMT) at a depth of just four kilometres, the US...

Earthquake in central Philippines kills at least 13 people, more than 29 missing by Reyn's Room on Feb 6, 2012MANILA, Philippines - A strong earthquake in the central Philippines killed at least 13 people Monday as it destroyed buildings and triggered landslides that buried dozens of houses, trapping residents. At least 29 people were missing. The 6.8-magn...

List of dead, injured, missing, damages, and tsunami alert updates in 6.8-magnitude quake that hit Cebu and Negros Oriental by Reyn's Room on Feb 6, 2012(UPDATED February 7, 11:54 AM) A strong 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit central Visayas, specifically in Negros Oriental on Monday. The quake destroyed buildings and buried dozens of houses, killing at least 52 people and left many others missing.

Negros quake death toll jumps to 52; aftershocks hit 745 by Reyn's Room on Feb 6, 2012MANILA, Philippines - The death toll from the magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck Negros and Cebu provinces yesterday has increased to 52, local officials said today.Mayor Ernesto Reyes of said that the 29 missing people in the quake-triggered lands...