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Asia & Pacific 1 month ago

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Indonesia tells citizens in Japan to stay vigilant after earthquake

Indonesia has urged its citizens in Japan to remain calm but to remain vigilant after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck Aomori prefecture on Monday evening and triggered a tsunami warning.

Asia & Pacific 1 month ago

Major Japan quake injures 30, damages roads

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said 30 people were injured in the quake off the coast of the northern Aomori region, which triggered tsunami waves up to 70 centimeters.

Archipelago 3 months ago

Earthquake of magnitude 6.7 strikes Papua

The quake was at a depth of 70 km (43.5 miles), USGS said.

Archipelago 4 months ago

Earthquake slows efforts to rescue those trapped by school collapse

Rescuers battling to extricate students from the rubble of an Islamic school that collapsed, killing three in East Java province, faced a harder task on Wednesday after an earthquake that authorities fear packed the debris tighter.

Asia & Pacific 4 months ago

Philippines quake kills dozens as injured overwhelm hospitals

Injured children cried and adults screamed while receiving treatment on beds laid out beneath blue tents on the driveway of the Cebu Provincial Hospital in Bogo.

Archipelago 4 months ago

6.1-magnitude quake hits Central Papua: USGS

The USGS said the earthquake's epicentre was located 28 kilometres (17 miles) south of the town of Nabire in the Central Papua province.

Europe 4 months ago

Magnitude 7.4 quake strikes off Russian Far East, tsunami warning lifted

In July, one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off the Kamchatka peninsula, triggering tsunamis up to 4 meters high across the Pacific and sparking evacuations from Hawaii to Japan.

Asia & Pacific 5 months ago

Afghanistan earthquake kills more than 800

The earthquake struck just before midnight, shaking buildings from Kabul to neighbouring Pakistan's capital, Islamabad.

Asia & Pacific 5 months ago

Hundreds feared dead, injured as earthquake of magnitude 6 hits Afghanistan

Early reports showed 30 dead in a single village, the health ministry said, but added that accurate casualty figures had yet to be gathered in an area of scattered hamlets with a long history of earthquakes and flooding.