Magnitude 6.1 quake jolts Tokyo, causing blackouts but no tsunami warning
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 jolted Tokyo and surrounding areas late on Thursday, stopping train lines and causing sporadic power cuts,...
Earthquakes
Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes near Melbourne, tremors rattle southeast Australia
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck near Melbourne on Wednesday, Geoscience Australia said, one of the country’s biggest quakes on record, causing damage to buildings in the country’s...
Huge quakes hit near New Zealand, tsunami threat passes
A powerful series of undersea quakes struck north-east of New Zealand on Friday, but tsunami waves that forced many people on the country’s North Island...
Argentina quake of magnitude 6.8 shakes homes, buildings; no injuries report
An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 struck west-central Argentina late on Monday, followed by at least five aftershocks that shook buildings and sent products tumbling off...
Tsunami in Cyprus unlikely but possible
The risk of a tsunami in the Mediterranean is lower than in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, but it is a real possibility, the Department...
Engineers call for funds to earthquake-proof older buildings
The Civil Engineers’ Association (Spolmik) on Monday called on the government to use some of the available EU funds for earthquake-proofing old buildings, expressing concerns...
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake rocks Southern California, no immediate reports of damage
A 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck on Wednesday in the California desert about 150 miles (241 km) northeast of Los Angeles, but there were no reports of damage...
Earthquakes hit Chile and Iran-Iraq border region
An magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck northern Chile early Wednesday morning, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake struck at a depth...
Iran quake of magnitude 5.1 kills two, injures 22
Two people died and 22 were injured when they fled their homes in panic following an earthquake of magnitude 5.1 that struck northern Iran in...
Most Puerto Ricans without power, many sleep outdoors after quakes
More than half of Puerto Rico’s 3 million people remained without power on Wednesday and thousands slept outdoors after earthquakes toppled homes on the Caribbean...
