Rains add to challenge for Myanmar quake relief, toll at 3,471
World 11:26 06/04/2025Rains fell on parts of earthquake-hit Myanmar over the weekend, which aid agencies said could complicate relief efforts and raise the risk of disease as the United Nations aid chief said more tents were needed to shelter those left homeless.
6 small earthquakes hit Vietnam’s Kon Tum in just over an hour
Vietnam News 15:43 05/04/2025Six small earthquakes struck Kon Plong District in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum between 11:31 am and 12:41 pm on Friday, with magnitudes ranging from 2.6 to 3.4, according to the Vietnam Earthquake Information and Tsunami Warning Center.
Magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes off Papua New Guinea, EMSC says
World 11:24 05/04/2025An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 struck off the coast of the New Britain region in Papua New Guinea, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said on Saturday.
Vietnamese premier extends condolences to Japan over devastating quake
Vietnam News 12:25 03/01/2024There has been no report of any Vietnamese casualties in the disasters in Japan
Vietnam’s Central Highlands district hit by magnitude-4.5 earthquake
Vietnam News 13:34 19/04/2022A total of four earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or over occurred in Kon Plong District, Kon Tum Province on Monday
Aftershocks still rattle east Japan four years after megaquake
World 19:00 11/03/2015Four years after a magnitude 9 earthquake shook northern and eastern Japan, the region is rocked by tremors at more than double the average rate of the decade before the disaster
7.1-magnitude quake strikes Papua New Guinea
World 20:00 16/10/2013The quake hit at a depth of 58 kilometres (36 miles) at 8.31 pm (1031 GMT), 65 kilometres west of Panguna town on Papua New Guinea's Bougainville Island, and 642 kilometres west of Honiara in the Solomon Islands
