Japan Before and after the quake and tsunami

Minamisoma Haranomachi 2003


Minamisoma Haranomachi After



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Iwaki Onahama 2005

Iwaki Onahama After


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Ishinomaki 2002

Ishinomaki After


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Fukushima Tomioka 2004

Fukushima Tomioka After


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Fukushima nuclear plant 2004

Fukushima nuclear plant 2011

Fukushima nuclear power plant DG after


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Fukushima just south of power plant 2004

Fukushima just south of power plant after


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Fukushima II power plant 2004


Fukushima II power plant after

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Central Ishinomaki 2003


Central Ishinomaki GeoEye after



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Fukushima 3 km south of power plant 2004



Fukushima 3 km south of power plant after

Chile quake toll over 700, tsunami ebbs

The official death toll for Chile’s devastating 8.8-magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami jumped on Sunday to 708, President Michelle Bachelet told journalists here.

The toll is expected to rise, she said after a meeting with top emergency officials, as “there are a growing number of missing persons”.

At least 541 of the deaths were in the Maule region some 300km south of capital, the epicentre of the earthquake that struck central Chile early on Saturday, leaving entire towns cut off from rescuers with roads and bridges crumpled.

In the country’s second city of Concepcion, close to the quake epicentre, recovery attempts were being focussed on rescuing survivors trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings.

The shift in tectonic plates beneath the ocean floor also unleashed tsunami waves on the Chilean coastline, impacting the dozens of beach towns packed with revellers on one of the last weekends of summer.

The mayor of the devastated second city of Concepcion pleaded urgently for help as rescuers with thermal detection equipment hunted 100 people believed trapped in a 15-story apartment block that lay flopped on its side.

Haiti President's Palace

Haiti, a small Caribbean country, had to experience the nature’s fury when on January 13; a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 rocked its capital Port au Prince. This earthquake is being termed as one of the deadliest natural disasters ever happened. The epicentre of this quake was just 25 kilometres away from the capital, Port au Prince with a focus at just 13 kilometres below the surface. Hitherto, the earthquake in 16th century China was termed as the most devastating which killed over 0.8 million people. The exact number of casualties in Haiti is not clear as the entire capital is in rubbles and one of the example of the rubbles is the President's Palace above in the picture.

Earthquake Pictures

Pictures shared by Ahmed Ali. He said that he has taken these pictures after October 2005 Earthquake.

Nothing left when earthquake happens

Pictures shared by Ahmed Ali. He said that he has taken these pictures after October 2005 Earthquake.

Haiti after earthquake

People walk past the Presidential Palace that has also damaged when a powerful earthquake struck Haiti. Much of Port-au-Prince was reduced to rubble by the 7.0-strong quake on January 12 but the airport was operational, opening the way for international relief aid to be ferried in by air as well as by sea.

Much of Port-au-Prince reduce to rubble

A view of a damaged car under the rubble of a building.A powerful earthquake that may have killed thousands has struck Haiti where much of Port-au-Prince was reduced to rubble.