Earthquake

UPDATED: Southern Greece rattled by 5.4 tremor

ATHENS, Dec 18 (Reuters) - An strong earthquake rattled parts of southern Greece on Saturday, with no immediate reports of damage or injuries. A tremor with a magnitude of 5.4…

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Magnitude 5.0 earthquake strikes east of Tokyo

TOKYO, Dec 12 (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of five struck eastern Japan on Sunday, public broadcaster NHK said. The epicentre of the earthquake was the southern…

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Magnitude 6 earthquake strikes north of Halmahera, Indonesia – EMSC

Dec 4 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck north of Halmahera, Indonesia on Sunday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 151…

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UPDATED: Magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes northern Peru – EMSC

Nov 28 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck northern Peru about 40 km (25 miles) from the town of Barranca early on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.…

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UPDATED: People flee homes as quakes strike southern Iran, killing at least one

DUBAI, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Two strong earthquakes struck southern Iran near the port of Bandar Abbas on Sunday, prompting residents to flee their homes and killing at least one…

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Magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes Valparaiso, Chile – EMSC

Nov 3 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck Valparaiso, Chile, early on Wednesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 112…

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Strong quake shakes Taiwan, no damage reported

TAIPEI, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Buildings shook in Taipei on Sunday as an earthquake of magnitude 6.5 struck northeastern Taiwan, but there were no reports of damage. It had a…

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Slight tremor rattles Friuli Venezia Giulia in Italy

An earthquake of magnitude 3.7 was recorded at 2:28 am in the north of Friuli Venezia Giulia, in the province of Udine.According to the findings of the National Institute of…

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Moderate earthquake rattles Algeria’s northern state

An earthquake of 2.9 magnitude hit a coastal state in northern Algeria on Tuesday evening and no casualties or damage were reported, the local Ennahar TV said. The epicenter of…

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Magnitude 6 quake hits eastern Mediterranean, USGS reports

A magnitude 6 earthquake hit the eastern Mediterranean off the Greek island of Karpathos on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The tremor was felt on the islands of Crete,…

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Deep earthquake shakes northern, eastern Taiwan

TAIPEI, Oct 18 (Reuters) - A 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck close to Taiwan's east coast city of Hualien on Monday, the island's weather bureau said, with no immediate reports of…

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Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 strikes Bali, kills three

JAKARTA, Oct 16 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 struck Indonesia's Bali island on Saturday morning, killing at least three people, Indonesia's search and rescue agency said. The quake…

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Strong quake rattles Crete, no immediate reports of damage

A powerful quake rattled the Greek island of Crete on Tuesday for a second time in less than a month but there were no immediate reports of damage. A magnitude 6.3 tremor…

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Magnitude 5 earthquake jolts southwestern Iran

Anadolu Agency - A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5 shook southwestern Iran on Saturday, according to Tehran University's seismological center. In a statement, the center said the quake struck at the…

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UPDATED: At least 20 killed in earthquake in southern Pakistan

At least 20 people were killed and about 300 injured on Thursday when a 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck southern Pakistan in the early hours as many of the victims were…

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Earthquake of magnitude 5.9 hits Peru-Brazil border region– EMSC

(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck the Peru-Brazil border region on Saturday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said. The quake was at a depth of 597 km (370…

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Earthquake of magnitude 7.2 near Vanuatu, no tsunami warning

Oct 2 (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.2 struck near the Vanuatu islands in the South Pacific on Saturday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said. No tsunami warning…

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4.1 magnitude quake registered off Malta

A 4.1 earthquake, was registered by Malta's Seismic Research Centre in Għar Dalam. The epicentre of the earthquake was the Eastern Mediterranean, 130 km south of Malta, at 4:39 am…

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UPDATED: Strong quake hits Greece’s biggest island of Crete, one person killed

A strong earthquake measuring 5.8 shook Greece's largest island Crete on Monday and one person was killed when a church dome collapsed, authorities said. The quake, which sent people out…

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Magnitude 5.7 quake hits south of Philippines capital

MANILA (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck south of the Philippines capital Manila early on Monday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The agency said…

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Quake of magnitude 5.7 strikes Taiwan -EMSC

Sept 26 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck Taiwan early on Sunday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 45 km…

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UPDATE – Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes near Melbourne, tremors rattle southeast Australia

SYDNEY/MELBOURNE, Sept 22 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck near Melbourne on Wednesday, Geoscience Australia said, one of the country's biggest quakes on record, causing damage to buildings in…

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Magnitude 4.4 earthquake rattles Los Angeles area

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A magnitude 4.4 earthquake shook Los Angeles shortly before 8 p.m. Pacific time on Friday (0300 GMT on Saturday), the United States Geological Survey said. It…

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Earthquake swarm triggers volcano alert on Spain’s La Palma

Authorities on the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma have warned that a sudden increase in seismic activity could herald a volcanic eruption in the coming days or weeks. Spain's…

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Earthquake of magnitude 6 strikes Salta, Argentina – EMSC

(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck Salta, Argentina on Monday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 200 km (124.27 miles),…

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‘Apocalypse’: rare lightning adds to quake awe in Mexico

A rare natural light show flashed across the night sky during a powerful earthquake that shook Mexico City and beach resort Acapulco late on Tuesday, adding to a sense of…

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UPDATED: Strong Acapulco quake aftershocks unnerve Mexican resort’s residents

Shaken residents slept in cars and on the streets of Mexico's famed Acapulco beach resort early on Wednesday, as a series of strong aftershocks rippled through the city after a…

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Tremor rocks Sicily this morning, no reports of casualties

A strong earthquake was reported at 0614 this morning in the province of Palermo.According to the INGV Seismic Room, it was a 4.3 earthquake with an epicenter on the northern…

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Haiti faces anger and despair a week after quake, stirring security fears

MARCELINE, Haiti (Reuters) -Tensions in Haiti were rising on Saturday over a lack of aid to remote areas of the impoverished country hardest hit by last week’s devastating earthquake that…

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Tremors strike Haitian city still reeling from quake

Tremors shook buildings late on Wednesday in the southern Haitian city of Les Cayes, a Reuters witness said, a few days after a devastating earthquake killed almost 2,200 people across…

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Mild earthquake between Modena and Bologna

An earthquake of magnitude 3.3 was recorded at 5:49 am between the provinces of Modena and Bologna.According to the findings of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (Ingv), the…

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‘We need food’: heavy rains lash Haiti quake survivors

LES CAYES, Haiti (Reuters) - Flooding due to a storm overnight complicated efforts on Tuesday to seek survivors from a weekend earthquake in Haiti that killed more than 1,400 people…

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Haiti hospitals overwhelmed by quake victims as death toll hits 1,297

Haiti's hospitals were swamped on Sunday by thousands of injured residents after a devastating earthquake the day before killed at least 1,297 people as authorities raced to bring doctors to…

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Death toll from Haiti quake hits 724 as tropical storm looms

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - The death toll from a devastating earthquake in Haiti rose to 724 on Sunday as rescue workers scrambled to find survivors buried under buildings a day after the 7.2…

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Death toll after Haiti earthquake surpasses 305

PORT-AU-PRINCE/HAVANA (Reuters) -At least 304 people died and hundreds were injured after a major earthquake struck southwestern Haiti on Saturday, authorities said, reducing churches, hotels, schools and homes to rubble in the…

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Another quake of magnitude 5.9 strikes Haiti Region – EMSC

Aug 14 (Reuters) - Another earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck the Haiti region late on Saturday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, hours after a major quake in the…

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Update – At least 227 killed as magnitude 7.2 quake strikes western Haiti – Officials

PORT-AU-PRINCE/HAVANA, Aug 14 (Reuters/Sky) - At least 227 people have died following a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in western Haiti, officials have said, as the prime minister declared a one-month state…

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Strong Magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes Mindanao, Philippines – USGS

Aug 12 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 7.2 struck about 66 kms southeast of Bobon, Philippines, the U.S. Geological Survey said, with the U.S. Tsunami Warning System issuing a…

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Quake strikes Peru-Ecuador border region, minor damages reported

An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 jolted the Peru-Ecuador border region, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said, but only minor reports of damage were registered immediately following the…

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UPDATED: Pacific tsunami warnings lifted after big quake in Alaska

Tsunami warnings were lifted for Alaska and the rest of Pacific after a huge earthquake of 8.2 magnitude struck the seismically active U.S. state in the late hours on Wednesday.…

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UPDATED: Quake of magnitude 6.3 strikes Sulawesi, Indonesia – EMSC

An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck off Sulawesi island, Indonesia on Monday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 30 km (18.64 miles),…

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Magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes off Sulawesi, Indonesia – EMSC

An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck about 88 km (55 miles) west of Luwuk, Indonesia, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said on Monday. The quake was at a depth of…

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Magnitude 5.4 earthquake strikes southern Philippines

MANILA (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 struck the southern Philippine province of Davao Oriental early on Sunday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. The agency said…

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Two tremors registered in the Norcia area in Italy

Two earthquakes, the first of magnitude 2.6 at 8.03 and the second of 3.6 at 10, were recorded in the Norcia area by the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology.According…

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Tajikistan earthquake kills five

An earthquake in Tajikistan killed five people, the Tajik emergency situations committee said, with the epicentre of the quake 165 kilometres northeast of the capital city of Dushanbe. The quake…

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Magnitude 6 earthquake strikes Northern California near Nevada

A magnitude 6 earthquake struck a mountainous region of Northern California near the border with Nevada on Thursday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), but no injuries or serious…

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Earthquake of magnitude 5.7 strikes near coast of Peru

An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck near the coast of Peru late on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said. The quake was at a depth of 10…

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UPDATED: Magnitude 6.1 quake in Indonesia, warns of aftershocks, tsunami potential in Mollucas Islands

A 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit near Indonesia's Mollucas islands on Wednesday, Indonesia's geophysics agency BMKG said. The quake, which struck at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), had no…

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Magnitude 5.3 earthquake recorded in southern California -USGS

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck about seven miles west of Calipatria, near California's Salton Sea, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said on Saturday. The tremor was part of a series…

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UPDATED: Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 strikes Alaska – USGS

An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck the U.S. state of Alaska, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said on Monday. The quake was at a depth of 58.2 kilometers (36.2…

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UPDATED: Quake in China’s Yunnan province kills three, 7.4-magnitude earthquake also struck Qinghai

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Yunnan province in southwestern China late on Friday, killing three people and injured 28, the Yunnan provincial government said on Saturday. The quake hit at a…

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Quake of magnitude 5.8 strikes off Japan’s southeast coast -EMSC

An earthquake of preliminary magnitude 5.8 struck on Sunday off the southeast coast of Asahikawa in Japan, the European earthquake monitoring service EMSC said. The quake hit at a depth…

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4.1 Earthquake strikes Umbria region in Italy

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake was reported in the region of Gubbio. The earthquake took place at 9.56 (Local Time) and was felt by the population, even in the Umbrian capital.…

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UPDATED: Magnitude 6.6 quake strikes off west coast of Northern Sumatra -GFZ

An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck off the northwest coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island on Friday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a…

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Magnitude 5.1 earthquake strikes in Nevada County, California,

An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 occurred only 7 minutes ago 11 miles northwest of Truckee, California, United States, the United States Geological Survey reported. The quake hit at a very…

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3.3 Earthquake registered in the province of Catania, Sicily

An earthquake was felt around 1411h (local time) in Sicily. The earthquake was particularly felt in the province of Catania and the villages near Etna volcano. According to preliminary data…

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Magnitude 6 earthquake strikes offshore Coquimbo, Chile

An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck offshore Coquimbo in Chile, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC)said on Sunday. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), EMSC added.

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