Earthquake

Victims in Iran after 5.9 magnitude earthquake

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck northwestern Iran early Friday, killing at least five people and injuring over 300 others, officials said. The temblor struck Tark county in Iran’s Eastern Azerbaijan…

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4.4 mag quake rattles L’Aquila

A 4.4 magnitude earthquake hit the province of L'Aquila in Abruzzo Thursday and was felt in nearby Lazio including Rome. There no initial reports of damage to property or persons.…

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Earthquake of 4.7 magnitude shakes Bosnia

An earthquake of the 4.7 magnitude has shaken the Balkan country, damaging some buildings and rattling residents but causing no victims. The earthquake’s epicentre on Saturday afternoon was near the…

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Fracking banned in England over earthquake fears

Fracking in England has been banned after new research raised fresh fears over the risk of earthquakes. The decision comes after a report by the Oil and Gas Authority found…

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Strong earthquake rattles Albania

Early Friday morning an earthquake with the intensity of 4.7 rocked the southern part of Albania. The tremors were felt mostly in the city of Korca where initial reports indicate…

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Magnitude 6.5 earthquake rocks parts of Mindanao in the Philippines

A magnitude 6.5 earthquake rocked Central and Eastern Mindanao on Thursday, October 31, just two days after a strong tremor killed several people and hurt hundreds of others in the…

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Photo Story: Aftermath of the earthquake in the Philippines

Photos of the damage from last Tuesday’s earthquake in the Philippines as shock waves continue to be felt on Wednesday. At least seven people have been killed and around 70…

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Victims increase from Philippine earthquake

The death toll from an earthquake in the southern Philippines has risen to seven, officials said, with many more injured. The victims included a seven-year-old boy and his 44-year-old father…

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6.6 magnitude earthquake strikes southern Philippines

A 6.6-magnitude quake struck on Tuesday (Oct 29) in the southern Philippines, rattling buildings and sending terrified locals fleeing into the streets, authorities said. The quake struck 26 km (16 miles) northeast of…

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3.1 earthquake registered in Cassavo Nuovo, Friuli Venezia Giulia region in Italy

A 3.1 magnitude earthquake was registered in Friuli Venezia Giulia region in Italy. The earthquake's epicentre was registered in Cassavo Nuovo. The Italian Geophysics and Vulcanology centre reported that the…

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Mild earthquake registered in Catania

An earthquake of the magnitude of 3.4 was registered early Saturday morning in Sicily, Italy. The earthquakes epicentre was in Milo between Catania and Taormina. According to the Italian Istituto…

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Earthquake rattles Calabria region

An earthquake registering 4.4 early Friday struck in the Tyrrhenian Sea at a depth of 11km off the coast of Calabria. The tremors were felt in Cosenza, Vibo Valentia, Luzzi,…

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5.4-magnitude earthquake in southern Iran

A handout photo made available by the US Geological Survey (USGS) shows an intensity shake map of a 5.4-magnitude earthquake with a reported epicentre near Bandar-e-Lengeh, southern Iran, 21 October…

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Earthquake of magnitude 6.4 strikes off Vanuatu

An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck off the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Monday, the United States Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage…

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Strong Earthquake Damages Buildings in Southern Philippines; Three Persons Reported Dead

A strong, shallow earthquake shook parts of the southern Philippines Wednesday, killing at least three persons and injuring dozens. The U.S. Geological Survey rated the temblor at 6.4 magnitude. It…

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Strong 6.7 earthquake in the Philippines

An earthquake of the magnitude 6.7 struck 5 kilometres from Magsaysay in Philippines on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Magsaysay in Philippines. The nearest populated areas to…

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Japan hit by 5.7 magnitude earthquake

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake has jolted the main island of Japan as Typhoon Hagibis, one of the strongest storms to hit in decades, continues to reap devastation throughout the central…

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Tremor registered off Gozo

A tremor was registered off the island of Gozo on Tuesday night. The earthquake was reported to be of a strength which varied between 3.3 to 3.7. The USGS reported…

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Schools evacuated as earthquake rattles Catanzaro

Schools were evacuated in Catanzaro, Italy, as an earthquake on Monday morning rattled the region. The earthquake had an initial magnitude of 4 with the epicenter localized in Caraffa di…

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Death toll after Indonesia’s earthquake has risen to 30

The death toll from a strong earthquake in Indonesia's eastern province of Maluku has risen to 30 people, the national disaster mitigation agency (BNBP) said on Sunday, and hundreds of…

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6.4 Earthquake strikes off Davao Occidental in Philippines

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck off the province of Davao Occidental in the southern Philippines on Sunday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. There were no…

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Death toll rises in Indonesia earthquake

Indonesian officials announced on Friday that 23 people have died, with around 100 more people suffering from injuries from an earthquake that rattled the country on Thursday. While the region has…

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Earthquake with 5.7 magnitude shakes Istanbul

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 shook Turkey’s largest city Istanbul on Thursday, the Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute said. The epicenter of the quake was about 70…

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One dead after strong earthquake in Indonesia

At least one person died on Thursday after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit Indonesia’s eastern province of Maluku, damaging buildings and sending people fleeing to the hills, officials and witnesses…

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Death toll mounts in Pakistan earthquake

At least 24 people were killed and 450 injured in an earthquake that hit Pakistani Kashmir, local officials said on Wednesday, but they added that rescue work was in full…

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Search and rescue underway after powerful Pakistan earthquake

Pakistan's military said "aviation and medical support" teams had been dispatched to the area hit by Tuesday's powerful earthquake. Tremors were felt as far away as the capitals of Pakistan…

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Albania rocked by 340 aftershocks, schools kept closed in Tirana, Durres and Elbasan

Albania’s Institute of Geosciences, Energy, Water and Environment said more than 340 aftershocks have followed the 5.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Saturday afternoon near Durres. Education Minister Besa Shahini said…

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Albania in shock after massive earthquake

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6 and an aftershock only slightly weaker shook the Albanian port town of Durres on Saturday, rocking buildings there and in the capital…

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Tirana residents leave their homes after 5.6 magnitude earthquake hit Albania’s capital coast

A 5..6 Earthquake was registered in Albania. There were no reports of casualties, but an apartment building in the coastal town of Durres was reported to have been badly…

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Several tremors registered in Norcia, Italy

Several earth tremors were registered by the Italian INGV in Norcia, in Perugia, between Wednesday and Thursday. One of the latest tremors was registered this morning at 4.19am and that…

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Mild earthquake registered in Catania

An earthquake measuring 3.3 was registered late Tuesday night in Sicily, Italy. The earthquake's epicentre was on the western side of the Etna. According to the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica…

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Moderately strong earthquake jolts the Philippines

A moderately strong earthquake has jolted areas of the northern Philippines including the capital Manila, where office workers streamed out of buildings and train services were briefly disrupted. There are…

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UPDATED: 4.5 earthquake registered in southern Italy, tremor felt in Malta

In the early hours of Monday an earthquake of the intensity of 4.5 was registered in southern Italy. The tremor was registered in the sea, 42km from Cetraro in the…

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New Zealand rocked by a 5.2 magnitude earthquake

A 5.2 magnitude earthquake has struck New Zealand's central North Island. Locals reported buildings shaking when the first tremor struck early on Wednesday. The shakes were felt as far away as Wellington The…

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Moderate earthquake registered near Norcia, Italy

A series of earth tremors were registered in central Italy early Sunday morning in the same area which was hit by a powerful earthquake in 2016 and 2017. The most…

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5.0 magnitude earthquake strikes eastern Taiwan

A 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Hualien County in eastern Taiwan at 12:05 p.m. Sunday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter, with a depth of 6 km, was…

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Strong earthquake shakes South Island in New Zealand

An earthquake of the intensity of over 5 on the Richter Scale has struck in the lower South Island. The quake, measured a depth of just 10 km, hit 20km…

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Moderate earthquake shakes northern Crete

A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the northern coast of Crete on Monday morning, according to a preliminary reading of the Athens Geodynamic Institute. According to the Geodynamics Institute of Athens…

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Minor earthquakes registered in Potentino and Trentino, Italy

The Italian regions of Potentino and Trentino on Thursday morning were hit by minor earthquakes of the magnitude of 3.1 and 3.4 respectively. The epicentres were in Muro Lucano in…

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Powerful earthquake rattles Taiwan

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Taiwan’s northeastern coast on Thursday, shaking buildings and cutting power to around 2,000 buildings. The earthquake shook buildings in the capital, Taipei. The quake near…

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Photo Story: The Earthquake in Indonesia

A resident walks out her damaged house after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit the area, in Mandalawangi, Banten province, Indonesia, 03 August 2019. More than a hundred houses were damaged…

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Strong earthquake kills at least one in Indonesia

A powerful undersea earthquake that struck off the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Java has killed at least one person and briefly displaced more than 1,000 coastal dwellers who feared…

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Tsunami warning after quake off coast of Indonesia lifted (UPDATED)

Indonesia's authorities have urged people living near the coast to move to higher ground after a powerful earthquake off the island of Java. Officials said the quake, estimated by US…

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8 dead, several injured as back-to-back earthquakes hit Philippines

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck the Batanes archipelago, the US Geological Survey reported. About 20 minutes later, a second quake hit the same area near Itbayat at a magnitude of 4.5. Eight…

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Photo Story: The aftermath of the Athens earthquake

The marble cross of the church of the Pantanassa sits half-broken on the temple's dome in Monastiraki Square at the foot of the Acropolis hill in central Athens, Greece,…

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Powerful earthquake shakes Athens

The Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens and the American USGS, reported that an earthquake of an initial intensity of 5.3 shook the Greek capital, Athens. The epicentre…

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Undersea magnitude 6.1 earthquake has struck south of Bali in Indonesia

An undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 has struck south of the Indonesian tourist island of Bali, the European earthquake monitoring agency EMSC says. The epicentre of Tueday's quake…

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6.4 earthquake off Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck off on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, in an area frequently struck by quakes. The quake struck 26 km (14 miles) north of Kandrian,…

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Hundreds evacuated after 7.3 quake in Indonesia

At least one person has been found dead and hundreds were evacuated after a major 7.3-magnitude earthquake hit the remote Maluku islands in eastern Indonesia on Sunday. The shallow quake…

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Strong tremor in central Greece

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 has struck in central Greece Initial reports give the epicentre at 5 km NW of Aianí, in Greece and at a…

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7.3-magnitude quake rattles eastern Indonesia

An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 hit southeast of the city of Ternate, in the Moluccas in the eastern area of Indonesia, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. Beside Sumbawa,…

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Earthquake rattles Western Australia

A magnitude-6.5 earthquake in the Indian Ocean has been felt across large parts of Western Australia. The quake struck between Broome and Port Hedland at 1:39pm on Sunday. The Joint…

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UPDATED: Mild tremor registered off the Maltese coast

The Italian Institute of Geophysics, the INGV, is reporting that an earthquake of the intensity of 4.7 was registered of the coast of Malta on Wednesday morning. The tremor…

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Mild earthquakes in Sicily and Udine

A minor earthquake has hit Sicily this morning. The epicentre was a kilometre from Adrano in Catania at a depth of 18km. The tremor was measured at 4…

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Indonesia lifts tsunami warning after strong earthquake at sea

Indonesian authorities have withdrawn a tsunami warning after a strong earthquake struck in the Molucca Sea. There were no reports on Monday of major damage in Indonesia from a weekend…

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Watch : Newscasters announce earthquake as it happens….

News anchors in Los Angeles were left shaken when a powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 struck Southern California on Friday night. Sara Donchey and Juan Fernandez were live…

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California’s governor declares state of emergency after two earthquakes

California governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency and warned residents to be wary of new tremors on Saturday, after the southern part of the state was hit by…

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