Earthquake response drill for PPC miners

Wed, 21 Nov 2018 22:59:00 +0100kathimerini-en (en)

Workers at a Public Power Corporation lignite mine in Kozani, northern Greece, carry out a preparedness exercise on Wednesday. Code-named Pandora, the annual exercise is aimed at training workers at the mine what to do in the event of a natural disaster.

La tribu más peligrosa del mundo mató a un estadounidense apenas llegó a su isla

Wed, 21 Nov 2018 22:36:00 +0100perfil (es)

Un estadounidense fue asesinado por los indígenas que habitan la remota Isla Sentinel del Norte , en el archipiélado indio de Andamán y Nicobar , población sumamente hostil con todo lo que tenga que ver con la vida moderna, al punto que atacan a todo el que se acerca y se los considera como la tribu más peligrosa del planeta.

Evacuation carried out

Tue, 20 Nov 2018 19:58:00 +0100sunstar (en)

DANAO CITY and Daanbantayan started evacuating residents living in coastal areas with tropical depression Samuel expected to make landfall at dawn on Wednesday, Nov. 21. The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) raised the alert status to red from blue.

Embassy of Japan organizes “Beautiful Handicrafts of Tohoku” Exhibition

Tue, 20 Nov 2018 12:33:00 +0100sarajevotimes (en)

The Embassy of Japan and the Sarajevo city will hold The Japan Foundation Traveling Exhibition “Beautiful Handicrafts of Tohoku, Japan” from17 November to 7 December 2018 at the Sarajevo City Hall. The name Tohokumeans “Northeast” in Japanese and is the geographic region of northern part of the mainland of Japan, which covers 6 prefectures.

Sismo 5,7 Richter se registró en el norte de Perú

Tue, 20 Nov 2018 08:57:00 +0100cooperativa (es)

Un sismo de magnitud 5,7 en la escala de Richter se registró a las 01:38 hora local (03:38 hora de Chile) en la región peruana de Áncash, en el norte del país. El Instituto Geofísico del Perú (IGP) ubicó el epicentro del movimiento telúrico a 96 kilómetros al suroeste del distrito de Casma. No hay reporte de daños por el sismo.

4.8 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Baja California, Miles From Border

Tue, 20 Nov 2018 00:28:00 +0100theepochtimes (en)

A 4.8 magnitude earthquake struck near the U.S.-Mexico border in Baja California, Mexico, and it was felt in San Diego and other parts of Southern California. in Southern California reported that a number of people in San Diego, located 180 miles to the west-northwest of the epicenter, felt the quake.

200,000 mangroves planted

Mon, 19 Nov 2018 01:43:00 +0100thenews-pk (en)

As part of a “Rung Do Pakistan” campaign, the WWF-Pakistan and Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) completed their mangrove plantation drive in which 200,000 saplings of three species of mangroves -- Ceriops tagal, Rhizophora mucronata and Avicennia marina -- were planted in Sonmiani, Lasbela district, Balochistan.