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Red Cross warns of ‘total devastation’ in quake-hit rural Nepal
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) meanwhile warned on Thursday they were “extremely concerned” about...
Miracle survivors: Baby and 15-year-old pulled from Kathmandu rubble
A 15-year-old boy has been pulled from the rubble of Nepal’s quake, five days after the disaster. Rescuers took several hours to free the teenager...
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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