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Strong 7.0-magnitude quake shakes central Peru

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck a remote Amazon region of Peru on Wednesday, shaking office buildings far away in ...

Moderate quake shakes Japan`s Honshu: USGS

A moderate 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the south coast of the main Japanese island of Honshu late Monday, US ...

Strong quake off Papua New Guinea, no immediate reports of damage

A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.8 struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey ...

6.2 quake rocks Kyrgyz, Uzbek border

An earthquake measuring 6.2 rocked southwestern Kyrgyzstan early Wednesday, with the epicenter close to the border ...

6.1 quake rattles Alaska peninsula

A strong 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck the Alaskan peninsula Saturday some 600 miles (970 kilometers) southwest of ...

Japan Lifts Tsunami Advisory

Japan lifted a tsunami advisory Sunday after only small waves arrived at the northern Pacific coast a few hours after ...

Magnitude 7.8 quake hits off New Zealand - USGS

A powerful magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck off the Kermadec Islands, northeast of New Zealand, the U.S. Geological ...

6.3 magnitude quake reported in northern Chile

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck northern Chile on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The quake was ...

6.5 magnitude quake hits off Papua New Guinea coast

A strong earthquake of 6.5 magnitude struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea, the U.S. Geological Survey said on ...

Magnitude-6.3 earthquake rocks Cilacap

An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter Scale rocked Cilacap District, Central Java, Tuesday at 1.39 pm local time, ...

6.6-magnitude quake hits off New Zealand: USGS

A strong 6.6-magnitude undersea earthquake hit off the northeast coast of New Zealand on Tuesday, the US Geological ...

New 7.1quake hits Japan as evacuation zone widens

Japan on Monday widened the evacuation zone around a stricken nuclear plant exactly a month on from a huge natural ...

Latest Japan quake was a magnitude 7,1: USGS

A strong quake that rattled Tokyo and Northeastern Japan was a magnitude 7.1, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. ...

7.4-magnitude quake hits Japan, local tsunami alert

A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit northeastern Japan late Thursday, seismologists said, prompting Japanese ...

Deep 6.4-magnitude quake strikes Fiji region: USGS

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck the Fiji region on Monday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was ...