No injured Cypriots reported in Italy quake
The foreign ministry has no information about Cypriot nationals being among the injured from the earthquake in Naples, it was announced on Tuesday. In a...
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Small quake hits Larnaca area
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 on the Richter scale was felt in Larnaca, Limassol and Nicosia on Sunday night. The earthquake, which had...
Italian earthquakes cause widespread damage, but kill no one
Earthquakes caused widespread damage and terrified residents in central Italy overnight but killed no one, two months after a strong quake left nearly 300 dead...
Cyprus offers rescue help to Italy
Cyprus has expressed readiness to assist rescue operations in earthquake-hit Italy with a specialised disaster response unit, Civil Defence and medical services personnel. Italy has...
Foreign ministry provides Rome contacts, no Cypriots among quake victims
The foreign ministry said on Wednesday that from information so far and investigation on the through the embassy in Rome and in collaboration with the...
Quake of magnitude 5.0 hits Tokyo and eastern Japan, no major damage
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 struck eastern Japan on Sunday and shook buildings in Tokyo, officials and witnesses said, but there was no...
Damaged infrastructure hinders search, aid for Japan quake survivors
By Kaori Kaneko and Thomas Wilson The desperate search for survivors intensified on Sunday in the splintered remains of buildings destroyed by Japan’s deadly earthquake...
Japan tsunami warning lifted after Kyushu quake (Updated)
A tsunami warning was lifted and no irregularities were reported at three nuclear plants early Saturday after a strong aftershock from a Thursday earthquake hit...
Aftershocks rattle southwestern Japan after quake kills nine
By Elaine Lies Aftershocks rattled southwestern Japan on Friday after a strong quake the night before killed nine people, injured at least 1,000 and cut...
4.8 quake felt on island’s north-west coast (updated)
A 4.8 magnitude earthquake was felt in parts of Cyprus on Tuesday, according to the geological survey department. The quake was recorded at 3.25pm. Its...
Earthquake recorded off Cyprus
A 4.8 magnitude earthquake was recorded early on Wednesday in the sea area off Paphos, the island’s geological survey department said. The epicentre was the area 120...
Quake measuring 4.8 recorded off Larnaca coast
A 4.8 magnitude earthquake was recorded on Thursday, the geological survey department said. The quake was recorded at 6.04pm. Its epicentre was 70 kilometres off...
At least 367 dead after quake hits southwest China
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck southwestern China on Sunday, killing at least 367 people and leaving 1,881 injured in a remote area of Yunnan province,...
Light quake reported in Limassol
A tremor of magnitude 3.6 shook Limassol lightly on Wednesday morning, according to the Geological Survey department. In a written statement, the centre reported that...
Powerful aftershock hits Greek island of Cephalonia
A strong aftershock rattled the island of Cephalonia in western Greece on Monday, just a week after a slightly more powerful earthquake hit the region, sending...