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A Tepco employee inspects the No 5 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant last month. Photo: AP
Japan

‘Nervous and rushed’: Fukushima clean-up workers fret over radiation, stress

A survey of about 5,500 workers revealed a growing number were concerned about safety and radiation at the damaged reactors.

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Japan

Fears mount in Japan of a massive 2011-style earthquake on disaster anniversary

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India

8 dead in India avalanche as rescue operation ends

Tourism

Tremors at supervolcano cast shadow over 2025 world’s best beach

Tripadvisor just named Greek beach Elafonissi the best in the world. But earthquakes at nearby Santorini caldera are a cause for concern.

Elafonissi on the Greek island of Crete has been named the world’s best beach in 2025, but seismic activity in nearby Santorini might keep tourists away. Photo: TNS
Greece

Multiple earthquakes near Greek island of Santorini put residents on edge

Experts say the more than 200 tremors are not related to a volcano on Santorini, which once produced one of world’s biggest eruptions.

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Hong Kong society

Over 100 Hongkongers report mild tremors after magnitude 6.4 quake hits Taiwan

Earthquake strikes Taiwan at 12.17am on Tuesday at depth of around 10km.

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Taiwan

Southern Taiwan hit by 6.4-magnitude earthquake, TSMC evacuates some factories

Fire department said a handful of people were trapped in damaged buildings in city of Tainan; earthquake shook buildings in capital Taipei.

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Downtown Taipei, Taiwan. On Tuesday, an earthquake struck a mountainous, rural area of Taiwan’s south near the city of Chiayi. Photo: Shutterstock
Japan

As Japan marks Kobe quake anniversary, fears of another major disaster mount

Tremors in the Nankai Trough, south of Kobe, have increased recently as seismologists flag higher risks of a major quake in the area.

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Japan

Japan hit by 6.6 magnitude quake, tsunami threat declared over

Public broadcaster NHK TV said a tsunami, estimated to be as high as 1 metre, reached land within 30 minutes of the quake.

Hong Kong society

Tremors felt in Hong Kong as 4.2 magnitude quake strikes off Guangdong

Observatory says it received more than 10 reports of minor shaking, with duration of a few seconds.

A seismograph records the seismic activity of an earthquake. The epicentre of Friday’s quake was about 200km southeast of the city. Photo: Shutterstock
Tibet

Video | Death toll rises after earthquake in China’s Tibet

Hundreds of emergency workers have been deployed amid reports of extensive damage  

At least 126 confirmed dead after earthquake in China’s Tibet autonomous region
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Natural disasters

Video | China’s Tibet rocked by magnitude 6.8 earthquake

President Xi Jinping orders search and rescue efforts as villages report several people trapped under rubble and extensive damage 

Japan

Video | Japan’s Noto earthquake survivors start 2025 in shelters

China-India relations

What will China’s new mega dam mean for India ties and Tibetan ecosystem?

Huge hydro project in Tibet could risk geological disasters and irk New Delhi as neighbours try to ease tensions, observers say.

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China plans to build a massive hydropower project in Tibet on a section of the Yarlung Tsangpo River known as the Grand Canyon, shown here near Nyingchi city. Photo: AFP
Volcanoes

One of the world’s most active volcanoes – Hawaii’s Kilauea – is erupting again

Eruption on Big Island began on Monday. Hawaii Volcano Observatory said most immediate threat was from smog that could reach homes downwind.

A new eruption within the summit caldera of Kilauea, Kaluapele, that began on Monday at the Kilaeau volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island. Photo: US Geological Survey / AFP / Handout
Pacific nations

Opinion | Why Vanuatu should expect more aftershocks – and maybe another earthquake

A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Efate, the main island of Vanuatu, earlier this week.

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Pacific nations

Video | Vanuatu reeling after magnitude 7.4 earthquake

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Pacific nations

Death toll from Vanuatu earthquake rises to 14, including 2 Chinese

An embassy official said the two Chinese victims were from Fujian province. More than 200 people were injured in the quake.

Rescuers inspect a collapsed building in Vanuatu’s capital Port Vila after a powerful earthquake hit the Pacific nation. Photo: Michael Thompson via AFP
Pacific nations

Buildings ‘pancaked’ in Vanuatu as 7.4 magnitude earthquake rocks Pacific nation

Footage posted on social media showed buckled windows and collapsed concrete pillars on a building hosting foreign missions in the capital.

Natural disasters

Strong earthquake off California prompts brief tsunami warning

No deaths or injuries were reported after the shallow magnitude 7 earthquake.

Americas and the Caribbean

After hurricanes, 2 earthquakes jolt crisis-hit Cuba

Back-to-back earthquakes follow two hurricanes and two major blackouts in the last three weeks.

Cuban children play on a road after Hurricane Rafael last week. Photo: AP
Indonesia

Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki spews ash days after a deadly eruption

Activity at the volcano on the remote island of Flores, in East Nusa Tenggara province, has increased since Monday’s initial eruption.

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Ash and smoke spill from Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, as seen from Lewolaga village in East Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, on Thursday. Photo: AFP
Japan

Floods in Japan kill at least 7 on earthquake-battered peninsula

Ishikawa is still reeling from a magnitude-7.5 quake earlier this year, which toppled buildings, triggered tsunamis and sparked a major fire.

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Japan

Japan orders evacuations as heavy rains trigger floods in quake-hit region

Authorities said tens of thousands were ordered to leave their homes given the deluge that hit the Ishikawa region.

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‘Enjoy the taste’: peaches from Fukushima, once feared, now sold at Harrods

The fruit is now available at the luxury London department store, in a Japanese push to address safety concerns amid a global campaign to restore trust.

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A customer tries peaches from Japan’s Fukushima prefecture, which went on sale at luxury department store Harrods in central London on September 7. Photo: AFP
Japan

Japan’s police to deploy AI-powered drones in disaster-hit areas

The drones can cover large areas affected by a natural disaster and identify individuals acting suspiciously.

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A drone flys off the coast of Himeji, Japan’s Hyogo prefecture. Photo: Kyodo
Japan

Waves of uncertainty: radioactive ripple effect clouds Fukushima’s comeback

As Fukushima towns painstakingly rebuild, the toxic legacy of 2011’s nuclear disaster casts doubt on their hard-won revival.

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Japan

Japan to use special robots to remove nuclear debris from Fukushima reactor

The debris has radiation levels so high that specialised robots had to be developed to function inside a battered nuclear reactor.

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