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The quake, at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres (six miles), struck shortly after 2:00 pm (0500 GMT) in Tottori prefecture.

• 21 октября 2016, 15:26

The death toll from a powerful earthquake in central Italy rose to 247 on Thursday amid fears many more corpses would be found.

• 25 августа 2016, 16:00

A powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake devastated mountain villages in central Italy on Wednesday, leaving at least 18 people dead and many more unaccounted for.

• 24 августа 2016, 13:54

Magnitude 6.4 earthquake in Taiwan highlighted what is needed to build a structure that can withstand seismic shocks.

• 08 февраля 2016, 14:53

Kazakhstan denounced North Korea’s test of hydrogen bomb and violation of UN Security Council’s nonproliferation resolutions.

• 06 января 2016, 21:47

North Korea said it had successfully tested a miniature hydrogen bomb. If confirmed, this would place it among a small group of countries with such dangerous weapons.

• 06 января 2016, 19:24

Desperate survivors appealed for food and blankets after a devastating earthquake killed more than 360 people in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

• 28 октября 2015, 12:00

The world's tallest peak, Mount Everest, moved three centimetres (1.2 inches) to the southwest because of the Nepal earthquake that devastated the country in April.

• 16 июня 2015, 16:41

A woman from Kazakhstan was in the capital of Nepal, when the earthquake hit the country. She survived.

• 08 мая 2015, 19:08

Recommendations that may bring good results in Nepal: Rethinking monetary policy in order to take into consideration the growing economic relation with China, pushing for a Roosevelt infrastructure plan, developing the hydro energy sector.

• 05 мая 2015, 20:21

Kazakhstan will render assistance to Nepal.

• 04 мая 2015, 18:42

A powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, causing massive damage in the capital Kathmandu with strong tremors felt across neighbouring countries.

• 25 апреля 2015, 15:14

The mass beaching of more than 150 melon-headed whales on Japan's shores has fuelled fears of a repeat of a seemingly unrelated event in the country.

• 11 апреля 2015, 14:29

A strong earthquake happened very close to Almaty on March 15. It was very clearly felt in the city.

• 16 марта 2015, 02:13

A strong undersea earthquake unleashed a small tsunami off the same coastline of northern Japan devastated by a tsunami in 2011.

• 17 февраля 2015, 14:14

Japan marked the 20th anniversary of the Kobe earthquake that killed more than 6,400 people.

• 17 января 2015, 15:05

US officials admitted that Washington had been over ambitious in its plans to help Haiti in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake.

• 09 января 2015, 13:21

New Zealand scientists warned South Island residents to expect a swarm of aftershocks following a strong early morning six-magnitude earthquake.

• 06 января 2015, 13:21

Kazakhstan's Almaty has felt yet another earthquake this morning.

• 04 декабря 2014, 14:20

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe promised "firm" support after meeting victims of a weekend earthquake.

• 25 ноября 2014, 10:19