Lucky the entire country has been quick to answer to the relief call.

Lessons learned from applications of space technologies in support of disaster relief efforts.

A top U.N. humanitarian official has condemned the violence and demanded an investigation.

The Secretary of Public Health announced that during this week a mass fumigation will take place to avoid the emerging of possible diseases.

The earthquake

Japan s Coming Political Earthquake

The earthquake killed up to 200,000 people.

Several earthquake victims have died this week due to cold.

The situation is so desperate in parts of Africa, Asia, even America, that aid groups, just as they did for the tsunami, are uniting as one, acting as one.

The building collapsed during the earthquake, and hundreds of residents were buried in the ruins.

After the earthquake only soldiers lived in the citadel.

Below is a local TV footage of the major earthquake damage

The 1923 Tokyo earthquake killed over 140,000 people.

The whole country is suffering from the blockade, but the plight of homeless earthquake survivors is doubly perilous.

The city of Agadir was evacuated two days after the earthquake in order to avoid the spread of disease.

1. Expresses its sympathy to the people affected by the earthquake in South Asia

Expresses its sympathy to the people affected by the earthquake in South Asia

Many of the people who survived the initial earthquake were trapped under collapsed buildings.

This was the third major earthquake to hit Western Hispaniola following the 1751 and 1770 Port au Prince earthquakes, and the last until the devastating earthquake of 2010.

But growth in 2011 had been predicted to slow even before the earthquake.

The quake itself killed perhaps 100,000 people.

The powerful earthquake caused soil liquefaction in the region.

This was the second major earthquake to hit Saint Domingue as it followed the 1751 Port au Prince earthquake which had left only a single stone built building standing in the town.

Chinese government official sources state a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter magnitude scale, though some sources listed it as high as 8.2.

So, the four wheel drive vehicles at the headquarters drive the ministers, the permanent secretaries, the bureaucrats and the international aid bureaucrats who work in aid projects, while the poor die without ambulances and medicine.

The earthquake gave Wen an unexpected second opportunity.

Haiti was in dire straits even before the earthquake struck.

It was the largest event in the area since the 1932 Ierissos earthquake.

It was the worst ever disaster in the region's history.

The consequences of the earthquake and tsunami are disastrous for the populations and the economies of the countries affected.

The earthquake, together with the media transparency that accompanied it, has made the bureaucrats more accountable.

The government and army worked hand in hand with legions of volunteers and private networks to rescue quake victims.

Following the earthquake, many towns were rebuilt on entirely new sites, such as Noto and Grammichele.

The 2005 Sumatra earthquake was located slightly east of Bangkaru, which was the closest island to the epicenter.

The Chilean doctor Carlos Van Buren, of U.S. descent, was involved in medical care of earthquake victims.

The aftermath of the earthquake is thus a potential watershed.

And Japan is already slipping back into recession because of the earthquake.

And in another post, which clearly demonstrates his compassion for the earthquake victims, he wrote

Compounding Armenia's problems was a devastating earthquake in 1988 with a moment magnitude of 7.2.

It occurred on the morning of 23 January 1556 in Shaanxi, during the Ming Dynasty.

The contribution of his Government to meeting most of the humanitarian needs of the victims of the earthquake should therefore be given greater attention.

Being a neighbour in the region, Pakistan was among the first to respond to the human suffering following the catastrophic earthquake in the Indian Ocean.

It was partly destroyed by the earthquake in Haiti in January 2010, and a tent city sprouted within its confines.

NEW YORK The horrors of Haiti s earthquake continue to unfold.

Most of us worry about things we can't control, like war, terrorism, the tragic earthquake that just occurred in Haiti.