Ibaraki quake shows current warnings fail against March 11, 2011
The reports filtering out of Japan this week paint a picture of routine disruption following a magnitude 5.9 quake near Tokyo.
By Adele Rutherford ·
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The Andes shaking: a physical manifestation of neglect in Peru
When the ground shakes, nothing matters. No student loan payment plan, no quarterly report, no pension fund projection—it all simply ceases.
By Maya Ellison ·
Independence Day prayers ignore basic needs in Nitung Village
The earth does not negotiate with national holidays or state budgets; it simply rips open the fault line and demands reckoning.
By Sophie Naimi ·
US tariffs require a ruleset, not the favor of Donald Trump
When a systemic shock hits—a 7.4-magnitude earthquake that killed at least 294 people and left tens of thousands of buildings damaged, according to the National Unit for Disaster…
By Klaus Berger ·
Flores earthquake proves we must treat BMKG warnings as civic duty
We are accustomed, in our comfortable European latitudes, to believing that we have somehow mastered the volatile temper of the earth.
By Elena Rossi ·
Search efforts in Colombia enter ‘final phase’ as quake toll reaches 265
The language they use—"entering the final phase"—is always the worst part of these reports. It sounds organized, professional, like scheduled maintenance.
By Josie Calloway ·
Video shows baby being pulled from Colombia earthquake rubble
The sheer scale of it is staggering.
By Grant Colby ·
Colombia's devastation shows World Bank theory fails local agency
Out here, where I grew up, we know what it means to be shaken—not by a fault line 103 kilometers deep, but by a single bad harvest or a sudden drop in the basis chart.
By Ruth Behrens ·
Córdoba reports damage in Quibdó; Galan says Bogotá is fine
When the ground shakes hard enough to rattle the foundations of a capital city hundreds of miles away, it doesn't matter if you live in Bogotá or Quibdó.
By Josie Calloway ·
Japan’s Rescuers Battle ‘Cruel Heat’ After Major Earthquake
The death toll from Japan’s powerful 7.1-magnitude quake has risen to 34, a brutal count that speaks less of geological inevitability and more of systemic fragility.
By Bram de Vries ·
Japan quake halts auto and chip plants, testing supply chain resilience
The immediate, visceral chaos of a magnitude 7.1 earthquake hitting Kyushu was never going to be covered by mere casualty counts.
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
Japan earthquake death toll climbs to 34 as hopes wane for more rescues
I’ve spent enough time looking at basis charts—the delicate arithmetic of a man figuring out if he can feed his family through the winter without selling the deed to his own grandfather's farm.
By Ruth Behrens ·
Many Feared Trapped in Mall Collapse After Japan Earthquake, Officials Say
The tremors hit Kumamoto on Tuesday afternoon—a 7.1-magnitude jolt that shook the very foundations of Japan’s southern island.
By Bram de Vries ·
Japan quake injures at least 50, disrupts power and travel
You read the reports—the magnitude 7.1 tremor rocking Kumamoto Prefecture on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu. People trapped inside collapsed shopping complexes; thousands without power.
By Josie Calloway ·
Magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits Japan's Kyushu region, JMA says
The tremor that struck southern Japan’s Kyushu region this Tuesday was more than a seismic event; it is a brutal, physical reminder that our most advanced modern institutions—our…
By Elena Rossi ·