Dozens are trapped in highway tunnels and rock quarries after the devastating Taiwan earthquake: reports

Tech Insider
image of rescue workers scouring through building debris
Firefighters search for survivors in the rubble of a damaged building in Hualien, Taiwan on April 3, 2024.

Ministry of Interior / Handout /Anadolu via Getty Images

China's internet is filled with well-wishes for earthquake-stricken Taiwan — and veiled references that the PLA can help

Tech Insider
Soldiers clear the debris in Chenjia Village of Dahejia Township, Jishishan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 20, 2023.
Soldiers clear the debris in Chenjia Village of Dahejia Township, Jishishan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 20, 2023.

Feng Yanrong/Xinhua via Getty Images

Space photos show Japan's 7.6-magnitude earthquake lifted land out of the sea, extending parts of its coastline by as much as 2 football fields

Tech Insider
two satellite images show a town on a coast with a protruding peninsula and dock before and after new land rises out of the sea
A fishing port on the Noto Peninsula before (left) and after (right) the earthquake, showing new coastal land appeared.

Geospatial Information Authority of Japan/JAXA

What we know about the Japan Airlines plane crash

Tech Insider
This photo provided by Jiji Press shows a Japan Airlines plane on fire on a runway of Tokyo's Haneda Airport on January 2, 2024.
This photo provided by Jiji Press shows a Japan Airlines plane on fire on a runway of Tokyo's Haneda Airport on January 2, 2024.

STR/JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty Images

Before-and-after images show devastation of Japan earthquake

Tech Insider

Satellite images show the extent of the destruction after a series of powerful earthquakes hit Japan starting January 1. 

Japan is bracing for a tsunami with waves as high as 10 feet after more than 20 earthquakes hit in just over 90 minutes

Tech Insider
A screengrab from a video show people sitting on the ground that is cracked in a city in Japan after an earthquake hit Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan.
Road cracks caused by an earthquake are seen in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan on January, 1, 2024.

KYODO/Reuters

Take a look at the rivers of lava flowing out of a fissure caused by Iceland's volcano eruption

Tech Insider
Aerial footage of a volcano eruption in Iceland on Monday evening.
Aerial footage of a volcano eruption in Iceland on Monday evening.

Almannavarnir

New Zealand has had dozens of 'slow' earthquakes that can last weeks. A hidden underwater sea may be the cause.

Tech Insider
Napier, New Zealand sits along Hawke Bay, with many buildings softly lit and purplish during sunset
Napier sits along Hawke Bay on New Zealand's eastern coast, near the Hikurangi Plateau.

Walter Bibikow via Getty Images

Videos show mysterious lights in the sky just before a devastating earthquake hit Morocco. Scientists can't figure out why.

Tech Insider
People looks through the rubble following a powerful earthquake in Morocco that killed thousands.
Rubble left behind by a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Friday near Marrakesh, Morocco, and is thought to have killed thousands. Social media posts report seeing flashes of light in the sky shortly before the quake.

Khaled Nasraoui/picture alliance via Getty Images

Turkish Airlines put 'heroic' earthquake rescue dogs in the passenger cabin on their flights home — and even let some sit in business class

Tech Insider
A man sits in business class with a spaniel at his feet, and a Bernese mountain dog sits on a plane seat
Turkish Airlines said it carried dogs from countries including Thailand, Kyrgyzstan, Hungary, and China.

Turkish Airlines

Subscribe to Earthquake