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23/04/2025

Strong Earthquake Strikes Turkey: Fault Line Capable of Producing 7.5 Magnitude Quake

On April 23, 2025, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Istanbul, Turkey, with its epicenter located in the Sea of Marmara, approximately 40 kilometers southwest of the […]

11/04/2025

Via Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS-DOST)

An explosive eruption is currently occurring at the summit vent of Kanlaon Volcano that began at 5:51 AM today, 8 April 2025. The eruption is producing […]

04/04/2025

GeoDRR news. 📣 We would like to cordially invite you to the event “Master of Science in Geomatics for Disaster Risk Reduction”

We would like to cordially invite you to the event “Master of Science in Geomatics for Disaster Risk Reduction” at the University of the Cordilleras, April […]

31/03/2025

GeoDRR news. Fatal earthquake in Myanmar. First reported 28 Mar 2025 12:50 Local. The earthquakes covered or were felt in Bangladesh, India, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand and China, among others. Earthquake Magnitude: 7.7M, Exposed Population: 7.3 million.

Detailed information, e.g.: at Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS) and Asian Disaster Reduction Centre (ADRC). RED Score General information, e.g.:https://www.foxnews.com/world/massive-earthquake-rocks-burma-thailand-buildings-collapse

31/03/2025

On Friday, March 28, 2025, a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, causing widespread damage and prompting evacuations in Bangkok, Thailand, and tremors were felt in neighboring countries like Laos and Cambodia.

Updated at 3:40 pm ET on March 28, 2025. BANGKOK – Rescuers scrambled to save people buried beneath collapsed buildings after a powerful earthquake struck central […]

18/03/2025

The implementation of 2 Project Based Learning student projects (PBL) carried out by Silesian University of Technology (SUT PL🇵🇱) with Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM MY🇲🇾) and Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan (XU PH🇵🇭) has been completed.

These are the next student carried out in the context of and resulting from the Geomatics Disaster Risk Reduction Project (GeoDRR).This time the topics were: numerical […]

14/02/2025

Record January warmth puzzles climate scientists

Last month was the world’s warmest January on record raising further questions about the pace of climate change, scientists say. January 2025 had been expected to […]

14/02/2025

Malaysia’s adventure hotspot that crosses seven habitats

The Bako National Park in Malaysia is one of the smallest National Parks in South East Asia, covering roughly 27 square kilometres. Incredibly, this patch of […]