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Month: August 2021

A 5.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Afghanistan.

Image Credit: Earthstar Geographics Hours ago the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported that a 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck Shahr-e Buzurg, 50 km northwest of Faizabad, Afghanistan at a depth […]

Huge fuel tank explosion in Lebanon.

Image Credit: AP On Sunday, at least 28 people lost their lives after a fuel tank exploded in the northern region of Akkar in Lebanon. The Red Cross said that […]

Russian firefighting plane crashes in Turkey.

Image Credit: Twitter Moments ago the Russian Defence Ministry announced that a firefighting plane with eight people on-board crashed in Turkey. All five Russian and three Turkish citizens on board […]

A strong 6.9-magnitude strikes Alaska again.

Image Credit: VolcanoDiscovery An hour ago the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported that a 6.9-magnitude struck the Gulf of Alaska, 118 miles east of Sandpoint, Aleutians East, Alaska, USA […]

A 7.1-magnitude earthquake strikes Haiti.

Image Credit: EMSC twitter Minutes ago the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported that a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Arrondissement d’Aquin, Sud, Haiti near Dominican Republic, at a very shallow […]