Earthquake

• Expats Relive Terror of Japan Earthquake

WELSH expats caught up in the devastating Japanese earthquake have spoken about their terrifying experience of the disaster that shook the country yesterday A huge earthquake, measuring 8.9 on the Richter scale, hit the north-east of the country at around 5.45am UK time, triggering a massive tsunami that sent walls of water surging across parts of the country. Fires have been sparked in several areas, and numerous casualties are feared. Dozens of cities and villages along a 1,300-mile stretch of coastline were shaken by violent tremors that reached as far away as Tokyo, hundreds of miles from the epicentre. Cardiff-born solicitor Dominic Barratt, who lives in Japanese capital, said he had experienced many earthquakes in the two years he has lived in the city, but yesterday's was the wor...

• South Wales Echo
• March 12, 2011

• Blitzed Japan Counts Cost of Nature's Force ; Thousands Are Missing After Earthquake

HUNDREDS of people have been confirmed dead and many more were missing last night after a massive earthquake hit Japan, triggering tsunami waves across the Pacific. The quake, measuring 8.9 on the Richter scale, was 8,000 times more powerful than the one that devastated Christchurch in New Zealand last month, and one of the largest ever recorded.

• The Journal
• March 12, 2011

• ; Blues Earthquake Puts Game Into Perspective

THE RELATIVE importance of the game of rugby was put into sharp perspective for Casey Laulala by his recent return to Christchurch. It was the first time the Blues' Kiwi centre had been back to his home city since it was devastated by the earthquake that claimed 181 lives back in February. He discovered a place that had changed out of all recognition and also heard some amazing stories of courage and the triumph of human spirit over adversity.

• South Wales Echo
• June 27, 2011

• Corruption? Murder? It Would Have Made More Sense to Accuse Me of St Tarting an Earthquake ; in a Remarkable Interview Given From Her Prison Hospital Bed, the Heroine of Ukraine's Orange Revolution Begs the West to Act Against 'Maf Ia Godfathers' That She Accuses of Trumping Up a Raft of Charges Against Her [Edition 3]

WITH her trademark blonde plaits and fiery rhetoric, Yulia Tymoshenko became the glamorous heroine of Ukraine's Orange Revolution - before being jailed by the man she ousted. Now, in a remarkable interview smuggled out of the prison hospital room where she lies in constant pain, she has condemned fresh allegations linking her to a murder as so ridiculous that they are akin to saying she caused an earthquake.

• Mail on Sunday
• September 02, 2012

• 'When I Came to Japan I Wanted to Experience an Earthquake. But I Never Expected One Like This' ; Brit Teacher Michael Tonge

BRITISH teacher Michael Tonge told yesterday how he always wanted to see an earthquake - and now never wishes to be in one again. Michael, 35, who works in a kindergarten in a suburb 25 minutes' drive from tsunami-flattened Sendai, said: "When I came to Japan I wanted to experience an earthquake but I never expected to see one like this.

• The People
• March 13, 2011

• Rwc Concerns an Afterthought in Wake of Christchurch Earthquake Disaster

SEVEN games at this year's Rugby World Cup are due to be held in earthquake-hit Christchurch, but organisers said yesterday it was far too early to tell whether they will go ahead as planned. With every effort going into the search for those who might be trapped in wreckage in the New Zealand city, RWC 2011 said an assessment of arrangements for the tournament was not a priority. The thoughts and deepest sympathies of the global rugby family are with the people of Christchurch, their families and all New Zealanders at this very difficult time," a statement from the organising body said. "We feel it would be inappropriate to comment at this stage on the status of Rugby World Cup 2011 infrastructure or operations. The focus at this point must be on the emergency response. It is too early...

• The Scotsman
• February 23, 2011

• Staff Help Earthquake Victims

OLDCROFT Subaru of Stoke-on-Trent has joined a national competition to help the victims of the earthquake in Japan - with the top prize being a brand-new 2.5-litre Subaru Legacy Outback. The Subaru Appeal For Japan Cycle Relay began at Subaru UK's headquarters in Coleshill, Birmingham, on August 1, when the company founder, Lord Edmiston, gave his support to the event by cycling the first leg of the journey to his nearest participating Subaru dealership. Holdcroft Subaru received two bicycles and the safety car from Threeways Subaru of Abergele, North Wales, prior to a team of Holdcroft employees pedalling 23 miles to Pentagon Subaru of Ashburton, Derbyshire.

• Sentinel, The; Stoke-on-Trent (UK)
• September 30, 2011

• Death Toll Rises After Japan Is Hit by Massive Earthquake and Tsunamis ; Quake One of Largest Ever - Waves Rose As High As 20ft

HUNDREDS of people were killed and many more were missing last night after a massive earthquake hit Japan, triggering tsunami waves across the Pacific. The quake, measuring 8.9 on the Richter scale, was around 8,000 times more powerful than the one that devastated Christchurch in New Zealand last month, and one of the largest ever recorded.

• Western Mail
• March 12, 2011

• ; Hessle: Teacher Escapes Spanish Earthquake

A HESSLE woman has told of the terrifying moment an earthquake struck as she taught a class of children in southern Spain. Claire Bucknall, 25, was teaching English to ten children aged eight and nine when the first earthquake struck the town of Lorca.

• Hull Daily Mail
• May 13, 2011

• World Expert in Earthquake Engineering ; Obituaries

A leading international researcher at Bristol University who helped make modern buildings safe from earthquakes has died, aged 83. Roy Severn was one of the pioneers of earthquake engineering and his work with others around the world has created codes of practice and techniques which saved thousands of lives.

• Western Daily Press
• December 21, 2012