The powerful earthquake that hit central Japan on ... A man in his 90s was pronounced dead after a building collapse in Shika Town in Ishikawa prefecture, broadcaster NTV reported citing local ...

Despite this, two years after the disaster ... about the construction of six-storey buildings, noting that even three-storey structures collapsed in the earthquake. The most concerning issue ...

Fire can be another big risk after an earthquake, because pipes that carry gas into buildings may break and release flammable vapors. Engineers make buildings safer by making gas lines out of ...

A tsunami warning, issued after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean Sea Saturday evening north of Honduras and southwest of the Cayman Islands, was lifted after the tsunami threat passed.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A Tsunami Advisory was in effect for Puerto Rico and nearby islands for part of Saturday evening after a powerful earthquake struck between Honduras and the Cayman Islands ...

“We have a very strict building code which is applied across the country, especially in those areas that are more earthquake prone,” he said. “That’s why we feel very, very confident that ...

A powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake in the Caribbean Sea Saturday night, north of Honduras and southwest of the Cayman Islands, briefly triggered tsunami alerts that were later lifted. The U.S ...

Tsunami warnings issued after a powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake rocked the Caribbean Sea have been cancelled, the US Geological Survey (USGS) has said. Officials say the earthquake's epicentre was ...

The earthquake was reported just before 6:30pmlocal time about 200 kilometres south-southwest of George Town in the Cayman Islands at a depth of about 9.6km, according to the US Geological Survey.

A tsunami warning was cancelled in the Caribbean Sea after the region's most powerful earthquake in four years struck in the sea north of Honduras. The US Geological Survey (USGS) reported the ...