Earthquakes Hit Okahandja and Opuwo

Earthquakes Hit Okahandja and Opuwo

The Mines and Energy ministry reports that two earthquakes that occurred over the weekend in Namibia. The first tremor was near Gross Barmen in the Okahandja district, while the second struck 10 kilometers southwest of Opuwo in Kunene. Both events were recorded by local and South African seismic centres. Anna Salkeus from the mines ministry:

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World

China Earthquake: Cold weather challenges search for survivors

In China, cold weather is hampering the search for survivors of an earthquake. The 6.2 magnitude shock struck a poor mountainous area about seven hundred miles or eleven hundred kilometres west of Beijing on Monday.

December 20, 2023 18

World

Survivors brave freezing cold after China quake kills 131

By Sébastien RICCI Survivors of China's deadliest earthquake in years huddled in makeshift aid tents despite freezing temperatures on Wednesday, too scared to return to homes made dangerous by the disaster. State broadcaster CCTV said at least 131 people were killed in northwestern Gansu province and neighbouring Qinghai after a shallow tremor on Monday night damaged thousands of buildings. Almost 1,000 were injured across the two provinces, according to […]

December 20, 2023 6

Environment

Iceland volcano errupts

Fountains of lava have erupted into the sky above south-west Iceland, after weeks of seismic activity. Authorities and residents have long been anticipating the eruption and had preemptively evacuated residents from the fishing town of Grindavik earlier in December. Stuart Smith reports.

December 19, 2023 43

World

Magnitude 6.2 earthquake kills hundred in China

Reports say an earthquake has killed at least one hundred and eleven people in a mountainous part of China. Seismologists say it registered a magnitude of six-point-two, and there were at least nine aftershocks of magnitude three or above. Here's Andrew Wood in Hong Kong.

December 19, 2023 15