This Month
Qantas, Virgin to resume flights to Vanuatu after earthquake
The two Australian airlines are both operating Port Vila-Brisbane services on Sunday and Jetstar is running a flight on the same route on Monday.
- Holly Hales
Cruises diverted as aid is rushed to quake-struck Vanuatu
At least 14 people were killed and hundreds injured in two earthquakes in the South Pacific nation, and Australian rescue crews and medical teams are being urgently deployed.
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- James Hall and Tom McIlroy
Biggest Labor spending since ‘wartime or crisis’: Taylor
Shadow treasurer Angus Taylor says Labor has the wrong spending priorities; Treasurer Jim Chalmers says Labor is working on the budget’s structural deficit. How the day unfolded.
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- Lucy Slade and Timothy Moore
Australian rescue teams race to Vanuatu after huge earthquake
The Red Cross said at least 14 people had been killed, and hundreds injured. Social media videos showed rescue efforts through the night for people trapped in buildings.
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- Charlotte Graham-McLay
‘Shocking crime’: Albanese condemns synagogue attack
Anthony Albanese has spoken with the head of the synagogue and the AFP; Jacinta Allan said she felt “sick” by the arson attack. How the day unfolded.
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- Lucy Slade and Timothy Moore
April
New York area hit by biggest quake in 140 years
The preliminary 4.8 magnitude temblor was the strongest in the area since 1884. It occurred near Whitehouse Station, New Jersey.
- Brian K. Sullivan, Nacha Cattan, Mia Gindis and Skylar Woodhouse
Strong earthquake hits Taiwan, chip plants evacuated
The quake toppled buildings, sparked tsunami warnings and forced major chipmakers to move staff out of production centres. Four people were killed.
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- Betty Hou, Debby Wu and Chien-Hua Wan
January
Woman rescued from rubble five days after Japan quake
According to the Metropolitan Police Department cited by the Yomiuri newspaper, the woman appeared to be suffering from hypothermia but was responsive.
- Motoko Rich and Miharu Nishiyama
Japan makes last-ditch effort to find quake survivors
About 4600 personnel have been deployed to help in the rescue and relief efforts, but chances of finding more survivors are quickly diminishing.
- Jon Herskovitz and Mia Glass
Japan quake survivors face freezing rain, threat of landslides
Heavy rains were forecast in the quake-hit areas on Wednesday, raising fears of landslides, in what could further hinder efforts to free many more trapped under rubble.
- Kiyoshi Takenaka and Sakura Murakami
Japan reels after massive earthquake hits west coast
More than 50,000 people were forced to flee their homes in Japan after a series of powerful earthquakes triggered the country’s first major tsunami warning since 2011.
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- Sakura Murakami and Kiyoshi Takenaka
September 2023
Morocco residents digging for quake survivors with bare hands
The magnitude 6.8 earthquake, the biggest to hit the North African country in 120 years, destroyed whole communities.
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- Catie Edmondson, Aida Alami and Aurelien Breeden
Putin need not fear arrest at next year’s G20 summit
‘There’s no way’ Brazil would arrest the Russian leader at the Rio meeting; the latest Chinese data shows the worst may be over for some parts of China’s economy; Richard Marles offers another reason to block Qatar flights. Here’s how the day unfolded.
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- Andrew Hobbs
May 2023
Australia complacent about earthquake catastrophe: seismologists
Many of Australia’s cities sit on fault lines, leaving many of the country’s older buildings vulnerable to catastrophe, warn seismology experts.
- Tom Burton
Buildings crack, roads buckle in magnitude-3.8 Melbourne earthquake
Wide parts of the city have been hit by a tremor that shook residents awake with swaying buildings and a loud roaring sound.
- Tom Burton
February 2023
Turkish-Syrian earthquake death toll passes 45,000
Mosques around the world performed absentee funeral prayers for the dead in Turkey and Syria, many of whom could not receive full burial rites.
- Clodagh Kilcoyne and Ali Kucukgocmen
Rescues dwindle, death toll from earthquake tops 42,000
The United Nations appealed for more than $1.4 billion in funds for Turkey, just two days after launching a $580 million appeal for Syrians.
- Suhaib Salem and Ali Kucukgocmen
Under the rubble: gasps of air, protein powder and miraculous rescues
People are being pulled alive from the rubble of the Turkey earthquake more than 200 hours after the disaster.
- Jason Horowitz and Gulsin Harman
‘Concrete like sand’: Turkey arrests builders over quake disaster
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces mounting criticism over the poor quality of construction in the stricken region.
- Ben Hubbard, Hwaida Saad, Raja Abdulrahim, Safak Timur, Steven Erlanger and Gulsin Harman
Three Australians feared dead in earthquake
Two Australians have been killed and a third is feared dead in the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria as the toll from the disaster continues to rise.
- Rachael Ward and Cassandra Morgan