Taiwan rattled by 5.6 magnitude quake, no immediate reports of damage, Asia News,TAIPEI – A 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan's south-eastern county of Taitung on Wednesday (April 3), the island's weather bureau said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. A Reut
Taiwan rattled by 6.0 magnitude quake; tremor felt strongly in Taipei, Asia News,TAIPEI – A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck 104 km off Taiwan's coastal city of Hualien on Tuesday (Oct 23), the island's weather bureau said, with no immediate reports of damage. A Reuters witness said the qua
Toll rises to 4 after quake in Japan's Osaka, Asia News,TOKYO – The death toll in a powerful earthquake that rocked Japan's Osaka on Monday has risen to four, with over 380 injured, officials said Tuesday, urging vigilance against landslides ahead of heavy rains. The fourth fatality was a
Earthquake of magnitude 6.0 strikes Sulawesi, Indonesia: EMSC, Asia News,A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Sulawesi, Indonesia on Monday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said. The quake was about 116km southeast of Gorontalo, Indonesia and was at a depth of about 131km
Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant owner apologises for still-radioactive water, Asia News,TOKYO – The owner of the Fukushima nuclear plant, destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami more than seven years ago, said water treated at the site still contains radioactive materials that for years it has i
