Taiwan was shaken by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake, the largest to hit the island in at least 25 years, killing at least four people, wounding dozens, and prompting a tsunami warning for southern Japan and the Philippines. The earthquake, which struck about 8 a.m. local time
UN News - Almost two months after deadly earthquakes struck Türkiye and northern Syria, a large-scale humanitarian operation is underway for which funding is still desperately needed, the UN Humanitarian Affairs coordination office (OCHA). OCHA Spokesperson Jens Laerke, told reporters in Geneva that the current phase was
UN News - The United Nations launched a $1 billion appeal for Türkiye to assist more than five million people affected by the cataclysmic earthquakes last week, the largest to hit the country in a century. The funding, which covers a three-month period will allow aid
UN News - After a massive earthquake hit southern Türkiye and northern Syria in the early hours of Monday, prompting fears of a humanitarian crisis, UN aid agencies have scrambled to help many thousands of reported victims, including those still believed to be buried under
The Indonesian disaster agency BNPB is assessing the extent of the earthquake's damage, but preliminary reports indicate light to moderate building damage. Indonesia issued a tsunami warning for nearly three hours after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the Tanimbar Islands in Indonesia just before 3
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake killed more than 50 people and injured hundreds in Indonesia's West Java region, with rescuers attempting to reach survivors trapped under the wreckage as night fell amid a series of aftershocks. The earthquake's epicentre was the village of Cianjur, located approximately 75
According to the country's geophysics agency, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra island. Just before 10:30 am, the shallow earthquake off the Mentawai islands, off the west coast of Sumatra, was detected by Indonesia's meteorology and geophysics agency (BMKG), which reported
A series of earthquakes has been detected in the Caribbean in the last 12 hours, with the latest one recorded at magnitude 5.1 on Saturday morning. The epicenter of the magnitude 5.1 earthquake was located at 288km North-Northeast of Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, according to
UN NEWS—Four days after a devastating 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit south-western Haiti, the level of destruction and desperation is becoming increasingly evident, the United Nations said on Wednesday, noting that the death toll has surged to nearly 2,000. After back-to-back crises in the beleaguered country – Saturday’s earthquake followed on Monday by Tropical Depression Grace –
UN News - As Haiti struggles to recover from the devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake that hit over the weekend, killing some 1,300 people, the UN is warning that many people are likely to be affected by Tropical Depression Grace, a storm that is expected to bring
