Tag: Quake
More dead in Himalaya quake, rescue efforts slow
Air force helicopters flew rescue workers to a remote Himalayan region on Tuesday in search of survivors of a powerful earthquake that killed at...
63 dead in Himalayan quake
Rescue teams battled landslides and torrential monsoon rains Monday after a powerful earthquake rocked a vast and remote Himalayan region, killing at least 63...
45 killed as quake hits vast Himalayan region
Rescue teams battled landslides and heavy rains Monday after an earthquake rocked a vast swathe of northeast India and Himalayan states, killing at least...
Quake kills seven in China’s Tibet: Xinhua
A strong quake that struck the India-Nepal border late Sunday killed at least seven people and wounded another 22 in neighbouring Tibet, China's official...
22 killed as 6.9 quake rocks India, B’desh, Nepal, Bhutan
A strong 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit northeast India on Sunday, killing 13 people, including three caught in a wall collapse at the British Embassy in...
6.8 quake rocks northeast India
A strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the mountainous northeast Indian state of Sikkim on Sunday, triggering tremors felt as far away as the capital...
6.0 earthquake erupts south of Cuba
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake erupted south of Cuba Thursday, US geologists said.
The US Geological Survey said the epicenter of the quake was 67 miles (107...
6.2-magnitude quake shakes northeast Japan
An offshore quake with a magnitude of 6.2 shook northeast Japan on Thursday, swaying buildings in the capital Tokyo, but no tsunami warning was...
Major 7.1 quake hits Alaska, local tsunami warning
A major 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Alaska's Aleutian Islands early Friday, triggering a tsunami warning for the remote region, the US Geological Survey reported.
The quake...
Strong 6.8 quake hits near East Timor
A powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck deep beneath the seabed near East Timor on Tuesday but no tsunami warning was issued, a local geophysics agency...
Quake jolts various parts of KP, Rawalpindi
An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale jolted various districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in the wee hours of Saturday. However, no loss...
Washington assesses damage from rare east coast quake
Washington’s iconic monuments were off-limits to disappointed tourists and schools around the region were also shuttered Wednesday, as authorities assessed the damage from a...
Rare quake jolts eastern US, cracks Washington monument
The strongest earthquake to jolt the eastern United States in a century cracked the iconic Washington monument on Tuesday, and sent thousands of workers...
Japan jolted by strong 6.3 quake
Disaster-weary Japan was rattled on Friday by another strong seabed quake with a magnitude of 6.3, which triggered a temporary tsunami warning and sent...
Shallow quake hits southwest Pakistan
A shallow 5.7-magnitude earthquake hit southwest Pakistan on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said.
The quake struck at 5:53 am (0053 GMT) around 330 kilometres...
Strong quake hits northern Japan
A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit northern Japan Saturday, but there was no danger of a tsunami, the weather agency said.
The quake happened at 1:34...
At least 13 killed in Uzbekistan quake
At least 13 people were killed and 86 were wounded in Uzbekistan Wednesday when a 6.2 quake struck on the Uzbek-Kyrgyz border, the Uzbek...
