The U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center downgraded the tsunami warning to a tsunami advisory Monday afternoon after an 8.0-magnitude earthquake struck in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska.
A 7.3-magnitude earthquake hit northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Wednesday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). No casualties have been reported.
President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang ordered concerted effort to guarantee safety and property after an earthquake hit northwest China's Xinjiang region Wednesday.
The 5.8-magnitude earthquake that jolted the western Greece island of Cephalonia on Sunday caused no casualties but just material damages, according to initial information issued by local authorities.
Many office buildings in the New Zealand capital have been closed pending engineer inspections after a series of powerful earthquakes shook central New Zealand Friday.
No casualties have been reported from Tibet after it was hit by an earthquake Monday morning, although houses were toppled and roads damaged, according to local government.
More than 100,000 schools in Peru took part Thursday in a nationwide drill to prepare for a possible earthquake of magnitude 8 or higher and subsequent tsunami, an Education Ministry official said.
Thirty people have been confirmed injured, including three seriously, after a 5.5-magnitude earthquake hit southwest China's Yunnan Province on Sunday afternoon.
Eight people have been confirmed injured in an earthquake near the border area of southwest China's Sichuan and Yunnan provinces on Tuesday, local authorities said.
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