Another 6.3 magnitude earthquake has struck part of western Afghanistan where thousands of people died and entire villages were flattened by devastating quakes a week earlier
October 15, 2023
A strong earthquake has shaken northwestern Nepal, and officials say at least 128 people are dead and dozens more injured as rescuers search mountain villages
November 03, 2023
Villagers in the mountains of northwest Nepal have cremated the bodies of some who perished in an earthquake that shook the area Friday night
November 04, 2023
Hundreds of temporary housing units are being set up in northwest China for survivors of an earthquake that destroyed more than 14,000 homes and killed at least 144 people
December 21, 2023
Chiese state media say the strong earthquake that hit northwest China this week, killing at least 148 people, has caused economic losses estimated to be worth tens of millions in the agricultural and fisheries industries
December 23, 2023
The death toll from China’s most powerful earthquake in years has risen to 149, with two people still missing after the tremor hit northwestern parts of the country last week
December 25, 2023
A powerful earthquake that hit Japan on New Year's Day killed at least 55 people, with rescue teams struggling in
April 26, 2024
Rescuers in Japan are braving the cold in a race against time as they search for survivors along the country's western coastline after a powerful earthquake earlier in the week smashed homes and left at least 78 people dead and 51 people missing
January 03, 2024
Rescue workers are braving the cold to save people still trapped under collapsed buildings in western Japan
January 04, 2024
A hotel owner and 10 other people are standing trial accused of negligence over the deaths of 72 people, including players from a school volleyball team in breakaway northern Cyprus, who perished when their hotel crumbled during a powerful earthquake that struck Turkey last year
January 04, 2024
Japan plans to accept a relief team from the United States but no aid from other governments, the daily Nikkei reported on Friday, four days after an earthquake killed 91 people and
April 26, 2024
The death toll from a major quake in western Japan has reached 100, even as rescue workers fought aftershocks to carefully pull people from the rubble
January 05, 2024
Insured losses from the devastating earthquake in Japan could reach $6.4 billion, according to an estimate from U.S.-based catastrophe modeling firm Karen Clark & Co (KCC).
April 26, 2024
A light earthquake has shaken a wide area of Southern California
January 05, 2024
Survivors of a massive earthquake that struck Afghanistan's west on Oct. 7 say they're struggling to rebuild their lives, three months after the disaster
January 07, 2024
Thousands of people made homeless overnight are living in weariness and uncertainty on the western coast of Japan a week after a powerful earthquake left at least 180 dead and dozens missing
January 08, 2024
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January 09, 2024
The 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the western coast of Japan on New Year’s has killed 213 people as of Thursday
January 10, 2024
Japan’s nuclear safety regulators have told the operator of a nuclear power plant in the area hit by a powerful New Year's Day quake to study its potential impact
January 10, 2024
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he was “speechless” by the severity and immense destruction of the disaster zone he saw during the helicopter ride on his first visit to the country’s north-central region of Noto since the deadly Jan. 1 earthquakes, amid worries about spreading diseases in evacuation centers
January 14, 2024
U.S. military forces in Japan are set to deploy to the earthquake-hit Noto peninsula to help with relief efforts, sources familiar with the matter said.
April 26, 2024
The operator of the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan says it has no new safety worries and envisions no changes to the plant’s decommissioning plans even after a deadly earthquake on Jan. 1 caused minor damage to another idled nuclear plant
January 16, 2024
Officials say a magnitude 7.1 earthquake in a remote part of China’s western Xinjiang region has killed at least three people and caused extensive damage in freezing weather
January 22, 2024
As aftershocks continued to rock western China on Wednesday, more than 12,000 people were staying in tents and other shelters, lighting bonfires to fend off the freezing weather
January 24, 2024
A massive rebuilding effort is underway as Turkey marks the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake that killed 50,000 people in its southern provinces, plus at least 6,000 in northern Syria
February 01, 2024
A group of residents of towns near Japanese nuclear plants has submitted a petition asking regulators to halt safety screening for the restart of idled reactors until damage to a plant that partially lost external power and spilled radioactive water during a recent powerful earthquake is fully examined
February 02, 2024
A year after the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey and northwestern Syria, a massive rebuilding effort is still trudging along
February 06, 2024
Millions of people across Turkey are mourning the loss of more than 53,000 friends, loved ones and neighbors in last year’s catastrophic earthquake
February 06, 2024
The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck just south of the Big Island of Hawaii
February 09, 2024
A moderately strong earthquake has shaken parts of Indonesia’s main island of Java and the country’s capital
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March 07, 2024
Japan is marking 13 years since a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the country’s northern coasts, killing nearly 20,000 people, wiping out whole towns and destroying the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant
March 11, 2024
Japan marked the 13th anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami that triggered a nuclear meltdown and left parts of Fukushima prefecture uninhabitable on Monday with a minute of silence and memorial events, where officials pledged continued support for rebuilding
March 11, 2024
A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck off Taiwan, and Japan issued a tsunami alert for the southern Japanese island group of Okinawa
April 02, 2024
Rescuers are searching for dozens of people out of contact a day after Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in a quarter century damaged buildings, caused multiple rockslides and killed nine people
April 04, 2024
Taiwan residents endured harrowing experiences when the ground shook with the strongest earthquake to hit the island in 25 years
April 05, 2024
Rescuers are planning to bring in heavy equipment to try to recover two bodies buried under boulders on a hiking trail, three days after Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years
April 06, 2024
New York City's skyscrapers might seem especially vulnerable to earthquakes like the one Friday
April 06, 2024
A 4.8 magnitude earthquake shook New York City on Friday as the Yankees went through batting practice before their home opener
April 07, 2024
A cluster of earthquakes has struck Taiwan, the strongest measuring 6.1 magnitude
April 22, 2024
An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 struck Japan's Bonin Islands, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said on Saturday. The quake was at a depth of 503.2 km (312.7 miles), USGS said.
April 27, 2024"Exercise, exercise, exercise", read an emergency text message which alerted people on the island of Crete of a mock earthquake measuring 7.2 off the
May 08, 2024
Taiwan's quake-hit eastern county of Hualien was rattled by more than 200 aftershocks late on Monday and early on Tuesday, but only minor damage was reported and no casualties and
April 22, 2024
A strong earthquake has shaken the border of Mexico and Guatemala driving frightened residents into the streets
May 12, 2024A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck near the coast of Chiapas in Mexico on Sunday morning, the United States Geological Survey said.
May 27, 2024An earthquake of 5.0 magnitude struck Muli county in China's Sichuan province, according to China Earthquake Networks Center on Monday. The quake hit at 11:07 a.m.
June 11, 2024A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has cracked walls and caused other minor damage in a fishing community in southwestern South Korea
June 11, 2024
A powerful earthquake of magnitude of 7.0 struck near the coast in southern Peru's Arequipa region on Friday, local officials said, adding no
June 28, 2024A magnitude 7.2 earthquake has shaken the southern coast of Peru
June 28, 2024
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