Anearthquakewithapreliminarymagnitudeof5.2hitthesouthernJapaneseislandofKyushuonTuesday,butnotsunamiwarningwasissuedandtherewerenoimmediatereportsofinjuriesorda
Amagnitude-5.4earthquakerockedOrmocCityinthecentralPhilippinesanewonMonday,causingpanicamongtheresidentswhoarestillrecoveringfromthetraumaafteramagnitude-6.5ear
A 5.6-magnitude earthquake jolted south Taiwan on Saturday morning, and no casualties were reported.
A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Pakistan early Wednesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, but there were no immediate reports of injuries.
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck close to the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific Ocean, just days after the archipelago was hit by another strong earthquake, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Friday.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 jolted northeastern and eastern Japan on Thursday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. No tsunami warning was issued.
The tsunami triggered by Tuesday’s major earthquake in northeastern Japan was caused by a vertical split of an undersea rock block at a relatively shallow point under the seabed, the government said.
A 5.8-magnitude earthquake jolted southeastern South Korea on Monday, the biggest-ever quake striking the country, injuring at least two people and making people feel the tremor nationwide, Seoul's weather agency said.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s fifth nuclear test is being suspected after an artificial earthquake was detected at a site where its fourth nuclear test was conducted earlier this year, Yonhap news agency reported on Friday.
The death toll of waves of major quakes that hit Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan last week reached 48 and three are still missing, according to local authorities on Wednesday, while sufferers' health problems are highlighted as 11 died from so-called "quake-related death."
At least 28 people were killed as a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Ecuador Saturday, Ecuadorian media reported.
The death toll of a 6.7-magnitude quake that hit south Taiwan early Saturday has risen to 40 and 107 people remain missing, rescuers said Tuesday.
One person was confirmed dead and at least 12 more were injured in the 8.4-magnitude earthquake that jolted central Chile on Wednesday, according to local officials.
A 6.5 magnitude earthquake hit Pishan County of Hotan Prefecture in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at 9:07 a.m. on Friday, said the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
A 6.3-magnitude quake jolted 218km southwest of Tomatlan, Mexico at 14:23:13 GMT on Sunday, no casualties or damages have yet been reported.
A nine-year-old boy was killed and another 22 injured in the 5.9-magnitude earthquake that struck southwest China's Yunnan Province on Saturday evening, local authorities said Sunday, citing latest statistics.
A 7-magnitude earthquake jolted a thinly-populated region of central Peru at 2321 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
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