Earthquake

KATHMANDU

Nepal Unprepared for Imminent Earthquakes

By Naresh Newar
Nepal now ranks 11th on a list of the world’s most earthquake-prone countries, yet it remains one of the least disaster-prepared nations globally.

Sendai Shares Big Lessons from the Great Quake

By Suvendrini Kakuchi

The debris of the devastated Arahama elementary school yielded two enduring lessons for its principal, Takao Kawamura, in the months after the massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan’s north-east coastland on Mar. 11, 2011.

A single classroom in the primary school in Iloca survived the worst natural disaster in Chile in 50 years. Credit: Marianela Jarroud/IPS

Chile’s Earthquake Reconstruction Hindered by Delays and Profiteering

By Marianela Jarroud
Two years after the earthquake and tsunami in south-central Chile, the worst natural disaster to hit the country in half a century, thousands of families who saw their homes destroyed are still waiting for a solution.