Professor of Earthquake Geology and Disaster Risk Reduction, University College London (UCL)
Un terremoto de magnitud estimada 8,8 frente a la costa oriental de Rusia ha provocado alertas de tsunami en gran parte del Pacífico. La ciudad rusa de Petropávlovsk-Kamchatski, con una población de 180.000 habitantes, se encuentra cerca del epicentro del terremoto.
A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake with an epicentre near the city of Mandalay in Myanmar (formerly Burma) has been felt in cities as far away as Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, more than 1,300 kilometres away. The earthquake was shallow - 10 kilometres - and has been followed by several aftershocks, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).
At around midnight (local time), a powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake southwest of Marrakech, one of Morocco's main cities, shook the region, leaving hundreds dead and missing amidst completely devastated buildings and constructions.