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The 7-magnitude strong earthquake rocked Jiuzhaigou County, Sichuan Province at 21h19 (Beijing time), Xinhua quoted information from the China Earthquake Network Center.
The magnitude of the magnitude 6.2 earthquake on August 24 destroyed almost a town in Central Italy. According to initial information, at least 6 people died in the quak…
A strong earthquake today rocked central Myanmar, damaging nearly a hundred ancient Buddhist temples in the ancient capital of Bagan.
A strong earthquake of 7.2 on the Richter scale shook the northwestern region of Ecuador's Quito capital.
Indonesia and Australia issued a tsunami warning but withdrew after two hours. Predicting casualties, the damage is not great because the location of the earthquake occu…
The US Geological Survey (USGS) said at 23:46 on April 1 (GMT), a magnitude 8 earthquake struck the area about 79km west of the city of Iquique in Chile. Northwest.
A strong earthquake occurred in the Far East Russia on May 24, 2013, forcing authorities to issue tsunami warnings on Sakhalin and Kuril islands while aftershocks reache…
On August 14, a strong aftershock, up to 5.3 Richter, rocked the outskirts of Tabriz, the third largest city and capital of East Azerbaijan province in northwestern Iran.
On the morning of March 21, Vietnam time, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck many cities in Mexico. The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake's epicenter was in the…
Earthquakes are caused by faults of the subsoil, where there were many active volcanoes.
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake occurred in central Japan this morning, June 30, injuring seven people but there are no major reports yet, according to Reuters.
According to the seismological experts, Japan has the risk of suffering more earthquakes of magnitude 8 in the future.
Greek authorities said a April 6.2-magnitude undersea earthquake rocked the southeastern Aegean Sea.
Occurring at 21h26 on April 14 (local time) in Kumamoto Prefecture, in the center of Kyushu Island, in southwestern Japan, the earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 on the…