Tag Archives: Magnitude Earthquake

An Earthquake measuring 7.3 in magnitude has strike Turkey leaving it in a  devastating state. The hard  hit region was Van,a highly populated Turkish City and Ercis. The quake’s epicenter was in the village of Tabanli, 10 miles (17 kilometers) from Van. It struck at 10:41 a.m. local time, at a depth of 12.4 miles (20 kilometers), according to the ... Read More »

Workers at a nuclear power plant in northern Japan battered by twin catastrophes appear to have given up on saving one reactor, as their efforts seemed to shift to preventing a nuclear meltdown, one U.S. expert said. An explosion, blamed on a buildup of hydrogen, tore the roof off the outer containment building of Unit 1 on Saturday at the ... Read More »

The New Zealand city of Christchurch was extensively damaged early Saturday when it was hit by a massive 7.4-magnitude earthquake which flattened buildings, ripped up roads and cut power, water and sewage connections. The quake, which was centred 30 km west of the South Island’s biggest city at a depth of 33 km, struck at 4:35 a.m. (1635 GMT). Reports ... Read More »