Seemingly moderate but very damaging earthquake in Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia (1 man killed by a heart attack)

With the collaboration of Jens Skapski – What apparently looked as a harmless earthquake became another damaging earthquake in Sumatra. With a theoretically shaking of MMI V at max. it was not expected to inflict damage but assessment did report that 83 buildings were severely damaged by the … [Read more...]

Massive deadly earthquake in Bohol, Philippines on October 15 2013 - Part 2

With the collaboration of Carlos Robles, Jens Skapski, Julie Jaramillo and Pieter Nierop – This is the OLDEST part of the DEADLY EARTHQUAKE in BOHOL, PHILIPPINES. CLICK HERE TO READ THE LATEST UPDATES Update 22:53 UTC : No new updates from NDRRMC. they will surely follow the coming hours. … [Read more...]

Extremely destructive earthquake & typhoon in Philippines - Bohol, Cebu: At least 222 people killed, 8 missing, around 1000 injured, around 4 billion PHP damage, 7 billion PHP reconstruction costs - Typhoon RED ALERT 12300 dead or missing

This page will automatically refresh every 60 minutes as there may be regular updates. Keep it open in a browser tab. With the collaboration of Carlos Robles, Jens Skapski, Julie Jaramillo, Pieter Nierop, Maria Lourdes Docoy-Boucher Earthquake-report.com is surviving because of (mostly small) … [Read more...]

Very Strong earthquake in the coastal area near Acari, Peru - 29 people injured + lots of damage

This page will automatically refresh every 60 minutes as we might be adding regular updates. Keep it open in a browser tab. Also written by Jens Skapski and Carlos Robles – Update September 29, 08:39 UTC : The number of injured has been increased to 29 (up from 14 2 days ago) Update September … [Read more...]

Extremely dangerous earthquake / aftershock in Yunnan, China - 3 people killed and 44 injured

– Update September 2 16:38 UTC : The number of injured persons has increased to 44 people. Update 22:10 UTC : It does not happen many times, but we are happy to report that the death toll has been reduced from 5 to 3. Some tourist attractions in the beautiful area have been closed due to road … [Read more...]

Deadly earthquake near Minxian, Gansu, China - at least 95 killed and +2395 injured - Update July 25

This page will automatically refresh every 60 minutes as we might be adding regular updates. Keep it open in a browser tab. Earthquake-report.com is urgently looking for a volunteer who wants to help us with the translation of Chinese documents. If you are willing to help us in writing the most … [Read more...]

Earthquake Taiwan (Nantou county) - 5 people killed, 1 person missing and at least 20 people injured

– Update June 16 - 09:47 UTC : One injured woman died in hospital on June 14th. Update June 3 - 09:42 UTC : One more fatality in Taiwan. 3 people have been killed by rockfall and a 4th was buried by a landslide. New NFA reports are also saying that 19 people sustained serious injuries (number of … [Read more...]

Strong earthquake in Kashmir kills 2 persons and injures 100 (many dangerous aftershocks)

This page will automatically refresh every 30 minutes as we might be adding regular updates. Keep it open in a browser tab. – Update May 2 - 07:59 UTC : At least 2 houses have collapsed after that a number of aftershocks did strike the Bhaderwah area. - Schools remain closed today by order of the … [Read more...]

Understanding the Lushan, Ya'an, Sichuan, China earthquake

The April 20, 2013 UTC Mw6.6 earthquake in the Sichuan province of China occurred as the result of east-west oriented reverse-type motion on a north-south striking fault. A preliminary source location suggest the event likely occurred on the Longmenshan fault or a tectonically related fault … [Read more...]

China - Deadly SICHUAN (Xa'an) earthquake April 20 2013 - Part 1 (Archive)

CHINA - SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE APRIL 20 2013 Part 1 (this part includes all our information from the beginning of the earthquake until 05:13 UTC) Click here to read THE LATEST INFORMATION Update 05:13 UTC : Chinese seismologists are stating that the current earthquake is about 85 km from the 2008 … [Read more...]