Earthquake

Flowers and frustration as Nepal remembers 9,000 victims of earthquake
Hundreds of people gathered at the remains of a fallen iconic tower in the Nepalese capital on Sunday to mark the anniversary of a devastating earthquake...
Major quake rocks the Med sending people in pyjamas scurrying into the streets
A strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake has struck the Mediterranean between Morocco and Spain.
Several deaths after strong 6.8 quake hits near India-Myanmar border
At least five people have been killed and 100 others injured after an earthquake measuring 6.8 struck in eastern India, sending people running from their...
Reported: strong 6.8 quake hits near India-Myanmar border
A strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck northeast India near the country’s borders with Myanmar and Bangladesh early Monday, the US Geological Survey...
Strong Magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes off southwest Japan
A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the southwestern coast of Japan early Saturday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, with Japanese authorities...
Quake-hit Nepal to train 50,000 workers for reconstruction
Earthquake-hit Nepal will train 50,000 workers to help carry out reconstruction, the finance minister said, the biggest skill development program in the...
6.4 magnitude earthquake hits China’s Xinjiang, three confirmed dead
At least three people died and more than 20 were injured when a 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit a rural part of China’s far western Xinjiang region...
Quake-hit Nepal to train 50,000 workers for reconstruction
Earthquake-hit Nepal will train 50,000 workers to help carry out reconstruction, the finance minister said, the biggest skill development program in the...
6.4 magnitude earthquake hits China’s Xinjiang, three confirmed dead
At least three people died and more than 20 were injured when a 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit a rural part of China’s far western Xinjiang region...
Second earthquake as major tremor hits Pacific near Samoa
An earthquake of 6.8 magnitude has struck off Samoa in the Pacific Ocean just hours after a major tremor rattled nearby Papua New Guinea. The epicentre...
Small tsunami generated in Pacific after earthquake
A powerful earthquake rattled the South Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea on Monday, generating a small tsunami and frightening locals near the epicenter,...
Tsunami warning issued for parts of Pacific, China, Russia and South America
A powerful earthquake rattled the South Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea on Monday, prompting officials to issue a tsunami warning for vast swathes of...
Tsunami warning issued for parts of Pacific after earthquake
A powerful earthquake rattled the South Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea on Monday, prompting officials to issue a tsunami warning for vast swathes of...
Japan marks 20th anniversary of killer quake in Kobe
Japan on Saturday marked the 20th anniversary of the Kobe earthquake that killed more than 6,400 people with renewed calls for the quake-prone nation to...
A series of tremors has Florence concerned for ‘David’
More than 250 minor tremors have rattled the Florence region over the past three days, sparking alarm in Italy over the safety of Michelangelo’s...
Far East wobble: China and Japan rattled by evening earthquakes
A 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck China’s southwestern province of Sichuan and a strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit central Japan late Saturday,...
6.0-magnitude quake jolts southeastern Pacific, 4.3 rattles Costa Rican capital
A strong earthquake jolted the southeastern Pacific on Saturday, about 544 kilometres south-southeast of Chile’s Easter Island, the US Geological...
One dead after 7.3 magnitude earthquake strikes off El Salvador coast
A powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Central America, killing at least one person and prompting a brief tsunami warning.
Peru shaken, but unscathed, by massive earthquake
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake has struck southern Peru, shaking the country’s capital Lima 500km away but appearing not to have triggered widespread...
Post-quake cleanup begins near Napa as winemakers try to salvage stock
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake rocked wine country north of San Francisco early on Sunday, injuring dozens of people, damaging historic buildings, setting...
6.0-plus earthquakes leave much of California and Chile in the dark
A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake jolted California early Sunday morning, the U.S.
Death toll from 6.3-magnitude Chinese earthquake set to top 400
The death toll from a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that hit southwestern China on Sunday climbed to 398 people, state media reported on Monday.
Death toll mounting as China suffers strongest earthquake in 14 years
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck southwestern China on Sunday, killing at least 367 people and leaving 1,881 injured in a remote area of Yunnan province,...
Death toll mounting as China records strongest earthquake in 14 years
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake in a remote area of China’s Yunnan province on Sunday killed at least 175 people, left more than 180 missing and injured...
At least three dead after magnitude-7.1 earthquake in southern Mexico
In addition to the casualties, dozens of homes were believed to have been damaged in an earthquake which rocked Guatemala and southern Mexico on Monday...

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