A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Myanmar on Wednesday, causing tremors around the region, including in neighbouring Bangladesh where scores were reported injured in stampedes and buildings were damaged.
Taiwan should expand the use of an early warning system for earthquakes that could give valuable seconds for people to react before deadly quake waves arrive, the island's quake research institute said Thursday.
All of Indonesia's early warning system buoys were damaged when a 7.8 magnitude quake jolted the western coast of Sumatra island on Wednesday night, hampering the authorities to precisely detect the emerge of tsunami, an official from the national disaster agency said Thursday.
Community living along the west coast of Sumatra Island of Indonesia are on alert of possible tsunami after a powerful quake, measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale, rocked the areas, officials said.
The death toll from the earthquake that struck southern Taiwan on Saturday had climbed to 55 as of 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, with more than 80 people missing.
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.
The death toll of a 6.7-magnitude quake which hit Taiwan early Saturday rose to 35 Monday as rescuers working overnight pulled out another body from under the debris.
The death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck southern Taiwan had climbed to 29 by 8:00 p.m. Sunday.
The Chinese mainland has offered to help Taiwan following the deadly earthquake that jolted the south of the island early on Saturday morning.
Japan's Kobe and its surrounding areas marked on Sunday the 21st anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that claimed the lives of 6,434 people in 1995.
One person was killed, 22 others injured and more than 200 houses damaged after a shallow quake hit Maluku province in eastern Indonesia on Sunday, spokesman of the national disaster agency said on Monday.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 rocked the northern region of Japan at 12:25 JST, the weather agency said.
An earthquake measuring 6.4 Richter scale rocked eastern parts of Indonesia on Monday night, but it was not potential for tsunami, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency reported here on Tuesday.
At least two people were killed and 37 were injured when an earthquake measuring 8.1 at Richter Scale hit Pakistan on Monday, local media and met office said.
An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale jolted East Kalimantan known as Borneo of Indonesia earlier Monday, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said here.
The massive earthquake that struck Nepal on April 25 this year turned the historical Basantapur Durbar Square in the capital into a bleak and dreary area within seconds, with the ancient premises filled with majestic structures and temples transformed into rubble and then dust.
More than 280 people have been killed and about 1,300 others injured so far in the powerful earthquake that struck Pakistan and Afghanistan on Monday.
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