Tuesday 26 October, 2021
The quake hit just before dawn, causing people to run outdoors in a panic.
The quake struck at 7.17am Irish time and measured a magnitude of 5.8.
The earthquake was the largest to rattle Australia since a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck in 2019.
La Palma, with a population of some 85,000 people, has been hit by several earthquakes.
More than 200 aftershocks were recorded after the powerful tremor.
Concern aid worker Makayla Palazzo gives a first-hand account of conditions in Haiti after the recent earthquake.
The quake also damaged or destroyed tens of thousands of buildings in the Caribbean nation.
Saturday’s earthquake has left at least 5,700 people injured.
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti yesterday.
Local authorities have said the quake caused multiple deaths.
The 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck yesterday afternoon.
A tsunami advisory has been issued for Japan’s north-east coast.
The 2011 quake killed 185 people and flattened much of the city’s central area.
The latest quake came nearly 10 years after the deadly earthquake that sparked a tsunami and nuclear meltdown.
Tokyo Electric Power said that 860,000 homes were without power as a result of the quake.
The death toll from the 6.2 magnitude earthquake has risen to 56.
At least 20 people were left injured as a result of the quake.
The quake has caused major damage to homes and other buildings in a town south east of the capital Zagreb.
The quake toppled buildings in Izmir, Turkey’s third largest city.
On Samos, two teenagers died after being struck by a wall that collapsed.
Many buildings in Zagreb cracked, and walls and rooftops were damaged.
An initial tsunami warning following the earthquake was lifted.
Officials said at least 1,556 people were injured in Friday night’s quake.
Damage was caused across the island by the 5.8-magnitude earthquake.
The worst damage appeared to be around the coastal town of Durres.
A government spokesman later Friday said “life in Athens is back to normal”.
The latest quake is part of what geologists are calling an ‘earthquake sequence’ and follows a 6.4 magnitude quake on Thursday.
The 4 July earthquake has sparked fires in some areas but there are no reports of mass injuries or any deaths.
The epicentre of the earthquake was in a remote part of Indonesia.
The earthquake struck at 9.18pm last night.
Tremors were felt by members of the public around the Killybegs area.
The volcano, which is the most active in Europe, erupted on Monday.
More than 130 seismic shocks were recorded around the volcano afterwards.
There were no immediate reports of damage from the earthquake.
Police in the city of around 300,000 said it had caused “major infrastructure damage”.
The earthquake struck 104 kilometres off the coast of Hualien city.
Secretary of State for Communications Eddy Jackson Alexis said a preliminary report indicated that 11 people had died.
The epicentre of the quake was located about 19 kilometres northwest of the city of Port-de-Paix.
A government volcanologist said it’s possible the eruption was accelerated by the 7.5 magnitude earthquake in Central Sulawesi on Friday.
