157 killed, 5,700 injured in China quakeChina's worst earthquake in three years on Saturday killed at least 157 people and injured more than 5,700, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said. The magnitude 6.6 quake hit a remote mountaino More… |
Quake hits Iran, tremors felt across Gulf, IndiaA major earthquake centered on a border area of southeast Iran killed at least 13 people in neighboring Pakistan, destroyed hundreds of houses and shook buildings as far away as India and Gulf states on Tuesday. The number of deaths in More… |
30 killed, 800 injured as quake strikes IranA powerful earthquake struck close to Iran's only nuclear power station on Tuesday, killing 30 people and injuring 800 as it devastated small villages, state media reported. Reuters witnesses felt t More… |
Quake hits Iran petchem town, no damages seenA small earthquake struck the Iranian port town of Assaluyeh, a centre for the petrochemical and oil industries and near the South Pars gas field, but did not appear to have caused any damage, Iranian media reported. The 3.4-magni More… |
Powerful quake jolts Japan coastA 7.0 magnitude earthquake, at a depth of nearly 217 miles, was recorded off Japan's southeastern Isu islands on Sunday at 0527 GMT, the US Geological Survey reported. The Hawaii-based US Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has not issued a More… |








