Weak building codes and years of government unrest appear to have contributed to the devastation from the magnitude ...

Bangkok has been officially declared a disaster area by the city governor. There were initial reports of widespread ...

Entombed under his hotel bed for five days in the debris, two things enabled teacher Tin Maung Htwe to survive Myanmar's ...

On Saturday, at approximately 4 a.m. local time, a powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the coast of New Britain in Papua New Guinea. This seismic event has sent shockwaves across the region and ...

Volunteers look for survivors near a building damaged in the magnitude 7.7 earthquake on March 28, 2025, in Naypyidaw, Myanmar. (Aung Shine Oo / Associated Press) ...

Entombed under his hotel bed for five days in the debris, two things enabled teacher Tin Maung Htwe to survive Myanmar’s devastating earthquake: old school lessons and his own urine. The primary ...

One of our readers, Loreann Villanueva, is a Bangkok earthquake survivor, so I asked her to share her experience and suggestions to help prepare Metro Manila for the Big One.

While accurately predicting earthquakes such as in Myanmar is beyond current scientific capability, it is possible to strengthen existing infrastructure to withstand seismic events ...

Sagaing (Myanmar) (AFP) – Entombed under his hotel bed for five days in the debris, two things enabled teacher Tin Maung Htwe to survive Myanmar's devastating earthquake: old school lessons and ...