Earthquake

Fourth September this year marked the first anniversary of the 7.1 Richter scale earthquake that struck the city of Christchurch at 04.35 local time. New Zealand's second largest city, and the largest in the South Island, the miracle was surely that despite extensive damage, no-one was killed in the quake. No doubt that the quake hit the area early on a Saturday morning helped make this possible.

Sep 06, 2011

Substantial changes have been made to designer’s schedules at both New York fashion week and London Fashion Week due to Hurricane Irene.

Sep 02, 2011

A tsunami warning triggered by a strong 6.8-magnitude earthquake which struck Alaska's Aleutian Islands early Friday morning has been lifted, the US Geological Survey reported.

Sep 02, 2011

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan announced his resignation Friday after 15 months in power, his career doomed by the government's handling of the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and ensuing nuclear crisis.

Aug 26, 2011

19 people were injured after a powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocked Peru, near the border with Brazil, destroying several buildings while traffic in the southern part of the country is blocked, reports said.

Aug 25, 2011

People on the East Coast of the Unites States are still in a state of shock after a magnitude-5.8 earthquake centred on the state of Virginia was felt in Washington and New York.

Aug 24, 2011

Hurricane Irene is set to hit Haiti, the Bahamas and Florida in the next few days, forecasters warned last night.

Aug 23, 2011

A strong earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale struck off the northeast coast of Japan Friday afternoon, triggering a tsunami warning that was later lifted.

Aug 19, 2011

Sony's recent price cut on its flagship PlayStation 3 games console has led analysts to speculate that the company may have plans to unveil its next-generation PlayStation 4 console in the very near future.

Aug 17, 2011

The United States sent a representative for the first time to the annual memorial service for victims of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, one of two nuclear attacks that led Japan to surrender in World War II.

Aug 09, 2011

U.S. weather experts warned of "torrential rain" and "life-threatening flash floods and mud slides" as Tropical storm of Emily is set to reach Haiti, a country still struggling to recover from the devastating January 2010 earthquake which killed an estimated 225,000 people.

Aug 04, 2011

Of the big-three games companies only Microsoft's Xbox 360 has seen increased sales, with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii both seeing a downturn.

Jul 28, 2011

Sony Corporation has suffered a $191 million loss for the financial quarter ending 30 June, after sales of its flagship PlayStation 3 console dwindled.

Jul 28, 2011

An student intern who witnessed the attacks unfold in Oslo speaks to IBTimes

Jul 27, 2011

An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale hit New Zealand's Christchurch city on Friday morning, Xinhua reported.

Jul 22, 2011

A magnitude-6.2 earthquake hit off the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean northeast of Australia on Thursday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

Jul 21, 2011

Thirteen people were killed in a powerful earthquake that hit Uzbekistan's heavily populated Ferghana Valley region early Wednesday, emergency officials said.A magnitude-6.2 quake in neighbouring Kyrgyzstan hit shortly after midnight in a mountainous area some 22 miles (35 kilometres) away from the eastern Uzbek city of Ferghana, which has a population of more than 200,000.

Jul 20, 2011

Despite releasing a slew of popular devices including the Xperia Play, Mini and Arc, Sony Ericsson today posted a net loss of €50 million.

Jul 15, 2011

An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.9 struck in the middle of the English Channel yesterday, the British Geological Survey said.

Jul 15, 2011

Calendario Copa America 2-24 July, 2011. Teenage striker Joel Campbell inspired Costa Rica to a 2-0 victory over nine-man Bolivia to leave Argentina's Copa America future under threat.

Jul 08, 2011

An earthquake registering 5.6 on the Richter Scale shook the Pacific off Honshu, Japan, the U.S. Geological Survey said Thursday.

Jul 08, 2011

Residents of New Zealand's second city of Christchurch will be provided with more mental health and counselling services after they had to endure thousands of minor earthquakes and aftershocks over the last 10 months in addition to the major quakes of February and June.

Jul 07, 2011

A tsunami sparked by a powerful 7.6-magitude quake failed to materialise on New Zealand's shores, but Civil Defence says people should expect high tides within the next 24 hours.

Jul 07, 2011

Japan is planning to conduct "stress tests" on all of its nuclear power plants to address safety fears and avoid possible power shortages when demand reaches peak levels later this summer.After the11 March accident at Fukushima Daiichi power plant, reactors had to be shut down and delays in restarting others already undergoing regular maintenance checks mean that only 19 of Japan's 54 reactors are currently operating, hindering the county's effort to recover after the tsunami and...

Jul 06, 2011

Japan's minister in charge of overseeing the reconstruction of the country's devastated north-east coast resigned on Tuesday, just one week into the job, amid criticism that he offended victims of the 11 March earthquake and tsunami in comments captured by TV cameras.

Jul 05, 2011

For the first time since April, radioactive cesium-137 was found in Tokyo's tap water as Japan grapples with the worst nuclear disaster in 25 years.

Jul 04, 2011

Just two days after the earthquake and tsunami hit Japan on March 11, U.K officials reportedly contacted energy companies warning that they could not allow the disaster to dent public support for nuclear power.

Jul 01, 2011

Just as the operators of Tokyo Electric Power, better known as Tepco, apologised profusely today during its annual shareholders meeting, tonnes of radioactive water were discovered to have leaked into the ground from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, the latest in a series of leaks at the plant damaged in a March earthquake and tsunami, the country's nuclear watchdog said.

Jun 28, 2011

Tokyo Electric Power, better known as Tepco, has been at the centre of Japan's nuclear problems since the deadly earthquake and tsunami in March, as it failed to control a meltdown at its Fukushima nuclear plant.

Jun 28, 2011

It was a glorious, sunny day as I took my wife and kids to the Kasteel Meulen (Castle Mill) at the very top of the village of Mont Cassel, about 18 miles from Dunkerque. My children were excited to see a working windmill but, regrettably, there was not a breath of wind in the shimmering mid-summer heat and so, Blue Peter-like, we had to buy a bag of flour that the miller had already made.

Jun 24, 2011