Very strong earthquake has hit the Hormozgan Province near yesterday’s quake – many houses have collapsed.

Last update: May 12, 2013 at 10:25 am by By

Damage from the area of Jask (it can be seen that the mud brick houses are no match for such earthquakes)

- Summary:                      M6.2-6.3, 15km depth, Hormozgan Province, 85km ESE of Minab.- Current Death Toll:      2 confirmed (but 1 only from 1 source)- Current Injury Toll:     at least 20 injuries - Current Damage:       70 villages damaged to a large extent (30% to … [Read more...]

Moderate earthquake in Southern Iran (Hormozgan) near Minab – Damage to rural buildings

Last update: May 10, 2013 at 4:02 pm by By

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– Update 14:55 UTC : Approx. 100 residental buildings were damaged by this quake. Some of them were destroyed to 50-70%, Affected are only houses built from stone and mud in villages around the epicenter. 15 tents were brought to the area as a shelter for the homeless families. Nobody was … [Read more...]

Moderate earthquake in eastern Sichuan, China (near Yibin) leaves over 30000 rooms damaged, 1 person indirectly killed, 72 injured and 47 million USD damage

Last update: April 25, 2013 at 3:01 pm by By

China

– Update 15:03 UTC: Chinese medias are reporting the sad news, that one 14 years old girl was killed, while her school had to be evacuated due to the earthquake. Furthermore, the number of injuries rises from 61 to 72. UPDATE:- - 61 people have been injured - 14892 people have been … [Read more...]

Moderate earthquake in northern Honduras (in between La Ceiba and Tela) injures 6 people

Last update: April 25, 2013 at 8:42 am by By

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– Update 09.45 UTC : Number of injuries rises to 6, as local news agencies are reporting. At least 50 families were displacd due to the damage. Update 21:00 UTC : Local sources are reporting widespread panic because of the earthquake swarm who irritates the population of the Northern … [Read more...]

Moderate shallow earthquake in Heves, Hungary – 600 slightly damaged houses – also felt in Budapest and Debrecen

Last update: April 23, 2013 at 5:30 pm by By

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– Update April 23, 17:28 UTC : The final estimate of damaged houses (slight damage like cracks, fallen tiles, etc) has been set to 600 after inspection by the authorities. Update April 23, 13:28 UTC : Hundreds of buildings have been damaged by this earthquake, with cracks in walls being the … [Read more...]

Moderate extremely shallow earthquake in Inner Mongolia, China – also well felt in Shenyang and Tongliao – At least 12 injuries and 2 persons indirektly killed

Last update: May 1, 2013 at 4:48 pm by By

Satellite view from Horqin, a city very close to the epicenter

– Update : 2 persons were indirectly killed by the quake as they suffered a heart attack. Update April 23rd, 13:30 UTC : Some fires did occur from this earthquake from people cooking, however these were quickly extinguished. Brick and concrete house damage remains as below. The 12 people with … [Read more...]

Earthquakes in the world on April 22, 2013 (M2.5 or more) – Damaging earthquake in Angola

Last update: April 25, 2013 at 9:40 am by By

REAL TIME EARTHQUAKE LISTS - WORLD - REGIONS - COUNTRIES - STATE . Earthquake-report.com does thank readers Helen (Surrey, United Kingdom) and Sylvie (Tully, France) for their kind donations - Earthquake with unknown magnitude hits Angola and damages homes An earthquake with unknown depth and … [Read more...]

Very strong deadly earthquake in Southern Iran – At least 40 dead and over 1100 injured (also well felt in KSA and the UAE)

Last update: April 14, 2013 at 6:58 pm by By

Kaki City

– Written by Armand Vervaeck, James Daniell and Jens Skapski Understanding the tectonics behind the Southern Iran earthquake The April 9, 2013 M6.3 earthquake in southern Iran occurred as result of northeast-southwest oriented thrust-type motion in the shallow crust of the Arabian … [Read more...]

Massive earthquake below inner Irian Jaya, Indonesia – 3 killed by landslides + a lot of damage

Last update: April 14, 2013 at 5:18 pm by By

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Update April 14 - A little late for this report but the damage was far bigger than initially expected. It took also quite some time to reach the epicenter area. Authorities finally could assess the region by helicopter. - Thousands of residents in 3 inland districts had experienced food … [Read more...]

Moderate but dangerous earthquake in Rukum (West Nepal) – at least 20 people injured + many houses and government buildings collapsed or damaged

Last update: March 8, 2013 at 11:17 am by By

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– Update 11:11 UTC on March 8 The local newspaper The Himalayan wrote yesterday : The quake measuring 5.4 lasted about 20 seconds. Some houses and schools collapsed. The houses of Gopi Khadka of Nuwakot VDC and Indra Bahadur Khadka of Bijeshwori VDC-8 were destroyed. Most of the houses, … [Read more...]