An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 struck off Japan's Fukushima prefecture at 6:23 a.m. Thursday local time, Japan Meteorological Agency said.
Nepal has reopened one of its most famous monuments, the Boudhanath Stupa, to the public after it was left with deep cracks during the 2015 earthquake.
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.
Parts of the seabed off the east of New Zealand's South Island emerged from the water in Monday's 7.5-magnitude quake, putting fisheries at risk, the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) said Wednesday.
Emergency authorities have declared a state of emergency in the tourist town of Kaikoura and nearby areas after a deadly earthquake rocked much of New Zealand early Monday.
Italy's most powerful earthquake in 36 years has left more than 15,000 people homeless, authorities said on Monday as the scale of the damage done to irreplacable historic buildings became apparent.
Two strong earthquakes rocked central Italy on Wednesday, toppling buildings and injuring dozens of people according to initial reports, two months after a devastating tremor killed nearly 300 in the same region.
Emergency relief supplies have been sent to Tottori Prefecture and surrounding areas in western Japan following a magnitude-6.6 earthquake striking the region Friday, local government officials said on Saturday.
The premise of Jalapa Devi Higher Secondary School located in Melamchi municipality of Sindhupalchowk district, some 50 kilometers away from the capital city, looked vibrant.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 struck off the coast of Japan's Okinawa Monday, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) 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.
Italy held a state funeral in pouring rain on Tuesday for some of the victims of an earthquake which levelled mountain communities last week, killing at least 292 people.
Italy prepared for an emotional day of mourning Saturday with flags across the country to fly at half mast in honour of the 281 victims of a devastating earthquake.
The death toll from a powerful earthquake that shook central Italy rose to 247 on Thursday, officials said, as rescuers desperately searched for survivors in the rubble of devastated mountain villages.
The death toll hit 159 in a major earthquake in central Italy as rescuers were working through night to search and dig out survivors on Wednesday.
A 6.8-magnitude powerful earthquake, which shook central Myanmar on Wednesday, has killed at least four people and damaged 190 ancient famous pagodas in Bagan-Nyaung Oo region and Rakhine state, official report said on Thursday, quoting the Archeology Department.
Six people in the quake-hit Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan were dead as torrential rain continued storming the region since late Monday, said local authorities on Tuesday, with weather agency warning of the risk on landslides and swollen rivers in the following days.
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