Earthquakes
Australia to provide more aid to Vanuatu as another earthquake strikes
The latest lot of Australian aid includes $2.5 million for medical care, water, sanitation and hygiene products and services.
- by Chris Zappone
Latest
Australians return home as Vanuatu rescues continue
Another 141 Australian citizens touched down in Brisbane overnight following the devastating earthquake.
- by Emily Verdouw and Samantha Lock
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Vanuatu
Australians evacuated from Vanuatu after ‘terrifying’ earthquake
Rescuers are racing to pull survivors from the rubble of fallen buildings, but the number of dead is “expected to increase”.
- by Ben McKay and Callum Godde
Explainer
Research
Scientists know where the big earthquakes will hit. They just don’t know when
A lurch in the Earth’s tectonic plates can wreak havoc at any time – as we’ve just seen in Vanuatu. How do scientists measure quakes, and are we doing enough to prepare?
- by Sherryn Groch
Updated
Vanuatu
Several dead, trapped, hundreds injured after violent earthquake
A state of emergency has been declared in Vanuatu. Australia has sent search and rescue and emergency medical teams.
- by Alasdair Pal, Kirsty Needham and Katherine Scott
Updated
Vanuatu
‘We definitely need help’: Australian’s rescue plea as magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits Vanuatu
Buildings have been flattened in the Pacific nation’s capital, Port Vila, and several embassies evacuated.
- by Paul Sakkal
Updated
Tsunami
Strong earthquake strikes off California, prompts tsunami warning
It was felt as far south as San Francisco, where residents felt a rolling motion for several seconds. It was followed by smaller aftershocks.
Power outages as earthquake shakes the Hunter and Sydney
A 4.5-magnitude earthquake has rumbled across the NSW Hunter region at a depth of about 5km early on Saturday morning, with more than 800 people across Sydney and NSW reporting the quake to Geoscience Australia.
- by Nigel Gladstone
Coalition pledges to ditch nuclear sites if earthquake zones are declared unsafe
Following Friday’s Hunter Valley earthquake, Dutton’s energy spokesman, Ted O’Brien, says a Coalition government would review the sites if elected.
- by Mike Foley
Second earthquake leaves residents without power, water near site of proposed nuclear plant
Thousands of people have been left without power after a magnitude 4.5 quake shook the NSW Upper Hunter region on Saturday afternoon.
- by Ben Cubby, Jessica McSweeney and Michael Ruffles
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