Earthquakes
At least 60 people have died in central Philippines as a result of a 6.9 degree earthquake
Most of the casualties have been recorded in Bogotá, north of the Cebu region and in one of the nearest areas of the epicenter.
Afghanistan has woken up between rescues and destruction following the earthquake that has left more than 1100 dead
Following the 6.0 magnitude earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan, at least 1100 people have been killed and 3200 injured; hospitals are overflowing, and victims are still arriving from villages and mountains.
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake has left at least 600 dead in eastern Afghanistan
"Some 600 people have died in the neighbourhoods of Nurgal, Sawkay, Watapur, Dara Pech and Chapi Dara, some 2,000 have been injured and hundreds of homes destroyed by the earthquake," said Kunar's Director of Information and Culture, Ihsanullah Ihsan.
A second volcano erupts in eastern Russia after an 8.8 degree earthquake
The Krasheninnikov volcano, located on the Russian peninsula of Kamchatka, erupted this Sunday after hundreds of years of inactivity and after the 8.8 magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale on Wednesday, with more than 10 notable earthquakes in the area over the past 24 hours.
Normalcy in the Pacific after reducing tsunami risk
Russia cancels the tsunami alert and remains alert in Central and South America, although alarms have been removed in most cases.
Xabier Murelaga, UPV-EHU geologist: "More than 80% of global earthquakes occur in the Pacific Fire Ring."
The director of the UPV/EHU Geology Department has explained that the area where the earthquake occurred this Wednesday, the Kamchatka peninsula, is part of the Pacific Fire Ring, where in 2011 the earthquake that damaged the Japanese coast and caused the Fukushima nuclear accident also occurred.
These are the 10 biggest earthquakes in history
This Wednesday's 8.8-degree earthquake in the Kamchatka region of Russia is the eighth largest ever recorded.
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A summary of what will be news today, in two words.
An earthquake has hit the entire Pacific, and tsunami alerts have been activated in several countries
The 8.8-degree landslide has had its epicenter in the Russian region of Kamchatka: alerts have been activated in China, Japan, the US or Mexico.