The government on Friday approved a basic policy framework for the establishment of the envisaged disaster management agency, ...

For the first time in Turkey, after Van Earthquake, a disaster area has been captured in ‘360 degree’ with special cameras. Images are digitized with Netcad software in the scope of ABIS (Disaster ...

A leading researcher in disaster preparedness who experienced the powerful earthquake that hit western Japan 30 years ago has called for discussions on post-earthquake management problems that remain ...

Like Japan, Peru is located in the circum-Pacific seismic zone and subject to frequent earthquakes and tsunamis. The 2007 earthquake and tsunami caused major damage. Efforts are underway to study and ...

SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union (PIA) — The DANAS, or the Disaster Narratives for an Experiential Knowledge-based Science Communication Project, continues to enhance community disaster preparedness ...

SEGAMAT, Sept 3 (Bernama) -- A Disaster Risk Management Programme on Earthquakes involving more than 300 community leaders and local representatives was held at the multipurpose hall in Jalan Genuang ...

The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake struck at 5:46 on the morning of January 17, 1995, centered near Kobe in Hyōgo Prefecture. The 7.3-magnitude tremor, the first recorded at the maximum 7 on the ...

In the recent past, Delhi-NCR has been witnessing a series of seismic activities with multiple moderate quakes. However, in the past, the national capital region experienced multiple high quakes that ...

In March 2011, Japan was hit by the Tohoku Region Pacific Coast Earthquake, resulting in enormous damage. By their very nature, natural disasters are extremely difficult to predict, and we cannot tell ...

2021 has been a year of many earthquakes. In February, a magnitude 7.3 occurred just off the coast of Fukushima. This quake led to the observation of seismic intensity over 5 in Tokyo for the first ...

This Christmas Day marks 21 years since the terrifying Indian Ocean tsunami. As we remember the hundreds of thousands of lives lost in this tragic event, it is also a moment to reflect on what ...