Apowerfulearthquakeofmagnitude7.8struckinthenorthernPacificOceanbetweenthetipofAlaska'sAleutianIslandsandRussia'sKamchatkaPeninsula,theU.S.GeologicalSurveysaido
Anunderseaearthquakewithamagnitudeof6.1struckofftheSouthPacificislandnationofTongaonMonday,theU.S.GeologicalSurveysaid.Thequake,atadepthof97km(60miles),waslocat
Anearthquakewithapreliminarymagnitudeof5.2hitthesouthernJapaneseislandofKyushuonTuesday,butnotsunamiwarningwasissuedandtherewerenoimmediatereportsofinjuriesorda
FourpeoplewerelistedasmissingtodayafteranearthquakesparkedatsunamioffGreenlandandforcedsomeresidentstobeevacuated.“Fourpeoplearemissing,”localbroadcasterKNRquot
ApowerfulearthquakestrikingcentralIndonesiaearlierthisweekhasleft25peoplewoundedandhundredsofbuildingsdamaged,aseniorofficialofthecountry'sdisasteragencysaidher
ApowerfulquakestrikingcentralIndonesiaonMondayeveninghasleftfivepeoplewounded,anddozensofhousesandbuildingsdamaged,nationaldisasteragencysaidhereonTuesday.Thevi
Atleasteightpeoplewerekilledand23injuredbyamagnitude-5.5earthquakethatjoltedTaxkorgancountyintheXinjiangUygurautonomousregiononThursdaymorning.Thequakeaffectedm
BEIJING, May 11 (Xinhua) -- The China Earthquake Administration has activated level-III emergency response procedures following a 5.5-magnitude earthquake in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Thursday.
Eightpeoplehavebeenconfirmeddeadand23otherswereinjuredaftera5.5-magnitudeearthquakejoltedTaxkorganCountyinnorthwestChina'sXinjiangUygurAutonomousRegionat5:58a.m
Thousands of residents of a quake-hit city in the southern Philippines sought refuge on the streets as aftershocks hit the region yesterday, two days after a quake killed eight people.
The death toll from a powerful earthquake that rattled a southern Philippine city on Friday night has risen to at least 15, an official said on Saturday.
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 measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale jolted East Nusa Tenggara of central Indonesia early Friday, but it was not potential for tsunami, the meteorology and geophysics agency said.
Wednesday's quake hit the east coast of the province, about 170 km (105 miles) from Banda Aceh. Nugroho said Aceh's Pidie Jaya regency, with a population of about 140,000, bore the brunt of the damage.
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake shook El Salvador on Thursday and the strong quake was also felt across Central America in Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala.
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