Jakarta is one of the largest cities in the world and one of the most earthquake-prone. It is located within the Pacific Ring ...

After a strong earthquake hit Taiwan on January 21, 2025, an old picture of a tilting building resurfaced in social media posts that falsely portrayed it as showing the aftermath. But authorities ...

The strongest earthquake in 25 years was followed by hundreds of aftershocks. Taiwan lies along the Pacific ''Ring of Fire,'' the line of seismic faults encircling the Pacific Ocean where most of ...

At least four people were killed and more than 200 injured Sunday after a powerful earthquake struck Taiwan. Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau said the quake, which measured 6.8 on the Richter scale ...

HONGKONG, January 26. /TASS/. An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 has struck Taiwan, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) reported. According to the EMSC, the epicenter was 43 ...

TAIPEI: A 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan on Tuesday (Jan 21), the US Geological Survey said, injuring 27 people and causing ceilings of homes to cave in according to local authorities.

The places where pieces of crust move against each other are called fault lines ... that soften the impact of earthquake waves. Some of these dampers are really big and impressive. Taipei 101, a ...