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Magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes Taiwan (VIDEOS)

A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Taiwan on Wednesday morning, damaging buildings and prompting a tsunami warning. The…

4 weeks ago

6.6-magnitude quake rocks Mediterranean near Cyprus

A 6.6-magnitude quake rattled the Mediterranean region, hitting the area to the north-west of Cyprus. The quake's depth was reported…

2 years ago

7.5-magnitude quake triggers tsunami alert in Indonesia

The Indonesian Agency for Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysics (BMKG) issued an early tsunami alert for the islands of Flores and…

2 years ago

Homes shaken by 7.5-magnitude quake (VIDEOS)

The epicenter of the quake was located some 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the town of Barranca in the northern…

2 years ago

5.9-magnitude earthquake strikes off coast of N. Sumatra, Indonesia – USGS

Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency reported the quake as measuring 6.2-magnitude, adding that no tsunami alert has been issued…

2 years ago

At least 3 killed as 4.8 magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali

It was mainly felt in the Karangasem and Bangli districts on the east side of the island, causing people to…

3 years ago

Footage of damaged buildings surfaces after 6.0-magnitude quake strikes Australia (VIDEO)

The quake hit around 9:15am local time on Wednesday and was recorded at a magnitude of 6 by Australia’s Geoscience…

3 years ago

At least one dead after 7.0-magnitude quake rocks Mexico near Acapulco

The quake hit some 20.9 km (13 mi) north-east of Acapulco, Mexico’s largest beach resort and a major seaport on…

3 years ago

5.8-magnitude tremor rocks Haiti as it reels from devastating quake that killed over 300

The new tremor hit some 31km (19 miles) north of the city of Jeremie in Haiti's westernmost Grand'Anse department on…

3 years ago

Alaskan Peninsula rocked by huge 8.2-magnitude earthquake, 6th-largest in US history, triggering tsunami advisory notice

At 10:15pm local time on Wednesday evening (06:15 GMT Thursday), an earthquake rocked the Alaskan Peninsula. The US Geological Survey…

3 years ago