Qingdao Jiaozhou Bay Bridge passes over China’s Jiazhou Bay and is one of the longest bridges in the world to run entirely across water. Spanning a total length of 16.6 miles (approximately 27km) this can be a particularly scary passing for those
Azabudai Hills is a new neighbourhood in Tokyo where Japan’s tallest skyscraper has been designed to withstand a magnitude 9.0 earthquake. The mega-development is hailed as having the feel of a village but with all the requirements of a modern city. It
At least 48 people have been reported dead amid the ongoing earthquakes in Japan that began on Monday. Quakes continue to shake Ishikawa prefecture following the 7.6-magnitude disaster that struck the west coast of the island on New Year’s Day, prompting evacuations
After a series of major earthquakes rocked Japan on Monday, the government downgraded its highest-level tsunami alert but warned residents not to return home as deadly waves and aftershocks could still linger. The Japan Meteorological Agency reported more than a dozen strong
Japanese authorities issued tsunami alerts and evacuation announcements Monday after a series of earthquakes shook the west part of the main island. A 7.6 magnitude earthquake was reported around 4 p.m., the strongest of more than a dozen documented by the Japan
A volcano in Iceland has finally started erupting after weeks of intense earthquake activity that led to the evacuation of a nearby town. The Fagradalsfjall volcano, located on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwest Iceland, began spewing lava into the sky at 10.17pm
A volcano has erupted in Iceland, forcing thousands of people to evacuate. Iceland’s Meteorological Office confirmed the eruption on Monday after weeks of intense earthquake activity. Now 4,000 people have evacuated their homes in the fishing town of Grindavik in the country’s
Officials in Iceland are warning Wednesday that the likelihood of a volcanic eruption remains “high” as hundreds of earthquakes continue to be recorded in recent hours. The Icelandic Meteorological Office says since midnight, around “800 earthquakes have been measured, most of them
Iceland has declared a state of emergency after a series of powerful earthquakes prompted fears over possible volcanic erruptions. The country’s southwestern Reykjanes penninsula was hit by the quakes. It has meant the chances of an erruption in the region has been
Over a week ago, the Herat province of Afghanistan was struck by a 6.3-magnitude earthquake that caused a death toll of 2,000. More powerful earthquakes and aftershocks continued to rock the region and raise the country’s death toll. The United Nation’s World