#Earthquake

Tens of thousands of Japanese households remained without power on Thursday morning after a magnitude 7.4 quake struck shortly before midnight, throwing a swathe of northeastern Japan into darkness, severing key ...

A powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake jolted Japan‘s northeast coast off Fukushima late on Wednesday, leaving two dead and 94 injured and reviving memories of a quake and tsunami that crippled the ...

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake killed at least seven people and injured dozens more when it struck inland near the western coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Friday, with tremors also ...

A 4.5 magnitude quake jolted Cyprus early on Friday, the third to be felt on the island this month, with the department of geological survey urging the public to remain calm. ...

A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia on Tuesday triggering a tsunami warning and sending residents fleeing from their homes but causing only minor damage and injuring one person, authorities ...

An earthquake calculated at 3.4 on the Richter scale hit northeast of Limassol on Friday at 4:26pm, with many reporting that they felt two shakes. The epicentre was in the Pareklisia ...

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake was felt in Limassol on Wednesday, the second one of the day. According to the geological survey department, the quake was recorded at 4.43pm. Its epicentre was ...

Tokyo area commuters faced packed trains on Friday on some lines due to delays, but there was little other impact after a strong quake rocked the Japanese capital late the ...

At least 20 people were killed and about 300 injured on Thursday when a 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck southern Pakistan in the early hours as many of the victims were asleep, the Disaster ...

Earthquakes cannot be prevented, but with the right precautions everyone can effectively contribute to mitigating its effects, civil defence spokeswoman Olivia Michaelidou told the Cyprus News Agency on Tuesday. Her ...

Nicosia stated its readiness on Monday to offer any assistance necessary to Greece after the 5.8 magnitude earthquake in Crete that killed one person, injured others and damaged buildings. Damage was ...

Emergency authorities early on Monday ordered people in an area on the eastern shore of La Palma island to lock down as the lava gushing from the Cumbre Vieja volcano ...

A strong earthquake measuring 5.8 shook Greece’s largest island Crete on Monday and one person was killed when a church dome collapsed, authorities said. The quake, which sent people out ...

Three people were confirmed dead and 60 others were sent to hospital after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Luxian County of Luzhou City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province. Among those hospitalized, three ...

Survivors of the earthquake that killed at least 1,941 people in Haiti clamored for food, shelter and medical care as search and rescue efforts resumed after a tropical storm lashed the ...

Doctors in Haiti on Monday battled in makeshift tents to save the lives of hundreds of injured people, including young children and the elderly, outside hospitals overwhelmed by an earthquake ...

Doctors in Haiti battled on Monday in makeshift tents to save the lives of hundreds of injured people, including young children and the elderly outside hospitals overwhelmed by a major ...

Haitians labored overnight to pick through shattered buildings in search of friends and relatives trapped in the rubble after a devastating earthquake struck the Caribbean country on Saturday, killing more ...

A shallow earthquake of magnitude 8.2 struck the Alaska Peninsula late on Wednesday, prompting tsunami warnings in the region, authorities said. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake, which ...

An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale was felt in Cyprus on Monday morning, the Cyprus Seismological Centre said. The earthquake was recorded at 9:23 and was felt the strongest in ...

An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck central Greece on Wednesday, sending people rushing from their houses but drawing no immediate reports of casualties or significant damage. The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (...

An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 struck early on Wednesday near the Greek seaside town of Nafpaktos on the north shore of the Corinthian Gulf, the Athens Geodynamic Institute said. The quake ...

A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 hit off the coast of eastern Japan on Saturday, shaking buildings and triggering widespread blackouts, but there appeared to be no major ...

Saying that the earthquake which rattled Cyprus on Thursday only underscored the sorry state of their current premises, employees working at the social insurance department on Byron Avenue in Nicosia ...