Earthquakes
Victoria rattled by magnitude 5 earthquake
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake in Victoria’s Cape Otway region rattled parts of Melbourne in the early hours of Sunday morning.
- by Najma Sambul
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Desperate people dig out dead and injured from Afghanistan earthquakes
At least 2000 people have been killed by earthquakes in the west of the country. Hundreds are still trapped, more than 1000 hurt and more than 1300 homes destroyed.
- by Riazat Butt
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Afghanistan
Hundreds of people killed in earthquakes in western Afghanistan, says UN
Twin earthquakes in western Afghanistan on Saturday killed at least 320 people, according to the United Nations.
Opinion
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I saw how Japan preps for disaster and was shaken. Australia could learn a lot
Childhood education, legislation, self-defence forces on stand-by, local government planning – readiness for natural disasters is expensive, but it saves lives.
- by Latika Bourke
Wedding party saves villagers from devastating Morocco earthquake
A video by a guest shows the moment the 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck, with images of celebrations suddenly giving way to chaos, darkness and screaming.
- by Ahmed Eljechtimi
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Morocco
My hotel room rocked and shook violently. I hid in the wardrobe
I experienced a minute of terror in Marrakesh. The people who had shown me such great hospitality now face much worse.
- by Lee Tulloch
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Tragedy
Morocco requests international help days after devastating quake
Teams from Spain and Britain joined urgent efforts to find survivors of the 6.8 magnitude quake that struck late on Friday as frustrated residents counted the rising death toll.
- by Sam Metz
Survivors hide in the mountains as Moroccan earthquake death toll passes 2000
Moroccan earthquake survivors huddled for a night in the open on the High Atlas Mountains in fear of further destruction after the nation’s deadliest quake in more than 60 years.
- by Jihed Abidellaoui
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Morocco
‘Rocked aggressively’: Powerful earthquake strikes Morocco, hundreds killed
More than 1000 people have been killed and another 1200 injured by an earthquake with an epicentre high in the Atlas Mountains 70 kilometres south of Marrakesh.
- by Angus Thomson
Flooding, mudslides, earthquake as California’s bad weather day turns biblical
Hammered by rain and wind, southern California’s wild weather took an unexpected turn when an earthquake shook the state.
- by Michael Idato
Was that an earthquake in Rome? No, it was a Travis Scott concert
When Kanye West appeared, 60,000 fans jumped and some locals panicked, thinking an earthquake was occurring.
- by Elisabetta Povoledo