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Late in the afternoon the civilians that could not leave K1 sector began to build improvised tents with towels and blankets. Afterwards several humanitarian organizations such as, UNICEF, arrived to offer protective tents against the brazing sun. Members of the Red Cross brought...

The evacuation of Salinas citizens continues. Many fast travelling vehicles have left the city during the afternoon, while several localities, hotels, and general stores are closed. The beaches are deserted and few people roam the streets looking for a way out, hoping to reach...

The Japanese government has declared a state of emergency at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station due to a failure in one of the cooling systems of a nuclear reactor, it happened after the 8.9-degree quake hit the northwest of Japan. According to industry minister, Banri...

Around 12:30 in Ecuador (17:30 GMT), the northeast coast of Mexico was stalked by two-foot waves caused by the tsunami occurred yesterday afternoon in Japan. The waves could grow to two meters as reported by the Center for Scientific Research of the region. The Mexican government...

The President of the Republic of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, said this Friday that the possibility of flooding in Guayaquil, due to the tsunami in Japan, is almost improbable. Following the declaration of tsunami warning in 20 countries, which included Ecuador, the Head of State said...

According to preliminary studies by the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Italy (INGV), the earth may have suffered a displacement of nearly 10 cm in the axis of rotation due to the devastating earthquake of 8,9 magnitude on the Richter scale produced in Japan....

Due to the 8.9 quake and the tsunami that stroke Japan, Google launched its Person Finder tool to help people look for missing friends and family on the web. The search engine had already done this when Chile and Haiti earthquakes happened. The application allows people to report...

In the province of Santa Elena, in the Ecuadorian coast, the citizens ask authorities to save them. Several military and civilian trucks carry people while the soldier, with a human chain, contains the desperate mass of people that has gathered in the sides of the road to get on...

Japanese defence ministry officials told the Kyodo news agency that 1,800 homes in Fukushima prefecture have been destroyed. More than 1,000 people probably died in the massive earthquake and tsunami disaster that devastated parts of Japan on Friday, Kyodo news agency said. Some...

Inhabitants of Santa Cruz, San Cristobal, and Isabela islands were evacuated to safe areas since 06:00 due to the tsunami warning in the Ecuadorian coasts. In Santa Cruz, the evacuation to the top of the Bellavista parish (10 minutes from Puerto Ayora) was done in order....