The United States Geological Survey confirmed on Wednesday that a strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of northeastern Japan at around 6:12 AM (2112 GMT Tuesday). The epicenter of the tremor was located off the east of Japan’s Honshu island in the Pacific Ocean at a depth of 38.9 kilometers (24.1 miles). Despite … Read more
Updates: Monday, February 6, 2012 a strong earthquake struck Philippines especially in Negros and Cebu. It was reported that the quake was a 6.8 magnitude. According to the Philippine Institute for Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) the quake was measured as a 6.9 shallow depth of 10 kilometers. The epicenter was recorded at 71 km. SSE … Read more
YANGON, Myanmar – another attack from nature was felt when northeastern Myanmar was struck by a powerful earthquake on Thursday night. Luckily no tsunami was generated from the earthquake but one woman got killed and shakes buildings as far away as Bangkok. The quake hit the in an area about 70 miles (110 kilometers) from … Read more