Dozens of people have been killed after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck in the Himalayas on Tuesday morning, and dozens more injured. Local Chinese media reported at least…
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At least 53 people have been confirmed dead and 62 injured after a powerful earthquake struck Tibet’s mountainous region on Tuesday morning, according to Chinese state media.
A 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck near Vanuatu’s capital, Port Vila, causing significant damage to buildings and infrastructure. The quake, recorded at 12:47 PM local time (01:47 GMT) at a depth of 57.1km, initially triggered a tsunami alert, which has since been lifted.
At least one person was killed after a powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off Vanuatu’s coast on Tuesday, causing damage in the capital, Port Vila, leaving…
Afghanistan earthquake: More than 1,000 dead as villagers dig for survivors More than 1,000 people have been killed in Afghanistan after a powerful earthquake flattened…
The tremor was named ‘massive’ and ‘scary’ by some locals.
Turkey earthquake: Rescuers search through rubble on third freezing night as death toll nears 16,000 Monday’s earthquakes in southern Turkey and northern Syria have now…
Turkey earthquake: UK rescue team and specialist equipment heading to Turkey to help with search A team of 76 search and rescue specialists, along with…
Rescuers search for survivors in rubble after earthquake kills 4,800 Turkey has suffered one of its most deadly earthquakes with a confirmed death toll at…
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan called it the country’s worst disaster since 1939.
Hundreds dead after earthquake shakes Turkey and Syria More than 500 people have been killed in Turkey and Syria after an earthquake struck – it…
The latest from Turkey and Syrian earthquake. Overnight an earthquake hit a wide area in south-eastern Turkey and Syria, killing over 300 people, injuring over…
‘I have never felt anything like it in the 40 years I’ve lived.’
A powerful earthquake hits Turkey in the middle of the night. Flattening a wide area in south-eastern Turkey, near the Syrian border, killing hundreds of…
Indonesia earthquake: rescue teams continue search amid aftershocks Rescue teams are battling dozens of aftershocks in the hilly region of West Java, Indonesia as the…
Indonesia: Java quake kills scores and injures hundreds An earthquake on the Indonesian island of Java has killed scores of people and injured hundreds, according…
Mexico’s western coast has been rocked by an earthquake on the same day the country marked the anniversaries of two quakes that had killed thousands.
China’s deadly earthquake that struck the southwest on Monday has seen the death toll rise to 82. There are fears that rain and possible mudslides will affect the search for the many people who remain missing.
China experienced a devastating 6.6 magnitude earthquake on Monday, which claimed at least 74 lives.
Major roads leading to the epicentre of the earthquake in the southwestern province of Sichuan have started to reopen and traffic has resumed.
Aljazeera says AID has started to arrive in a remote part of Afghanistan where an earthquake killed at least 1,000 people, as Taliban officials said the rescue operation was almost complete.
Aljazeera says THE DEATH TOLL from a powerful earthquake in Afghanistan has climbed to 1,000, with more than 1,500 others wounded, according to the Taliban.
Afghanistan earthquake latest as more than 1500 feared dead as the Taliban emergency services race against time to find more survivors. Afghanistan and Pakistan were…
The Guardian says A 6.1 MAGNITUDE earthquake has struck south-east Afghanistan killing at least 255 people, according to the country’s official news agency.
Aljazeera says AN EARTHQUAKE of magnitude 6.1 has killed at least 150 people in Afghanistan, the country’s disaster management authority says.
The Metro says a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of between 6.1 and 6.6 has rocked the coast of Taiwan – but there is no danger of a tsunami.