News about earthquake

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

04 December 2014

Japan's Abe vows support for victims after quake injures 41 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe promised "firm" support after meeting victims of a weekend earthquake.

25 November 2014

7.3-magnitude quake in Indonesia, tsunami warning issued A powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake rocked the Maluku Islands in eastern Indonesia, sparking a tsunami warning for areas up to 300 kilometres (185 miles) away.

15 November 2014

Earthquake in Kyrgyzstan sends tremors to Almaty Almaty has experienced tremors of magnitude 3-4 from the moderate earthquake that happened in neighboring Kyrgyzstan this morning.

14 November 2014

6.4-magnitude quake hits off Papua New Guinea: USGS A 6.4-magnitude quake struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea, the United States Geological Survey said.

07 November 2014

5.2 magnitude earthquake in northern Greece A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck northern Greece early, the country's earthquake observatory said, with no reports of victims or major damage.

25 October 2014

7.3 magnitude earthquake off El Salvador coast: USGS A powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Central America, killing at least one person and prompting a brief tsunami warning.

14 October 2014

Strong 6.0-magnitude quake hits China's Yunnan province A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit southwest China's mountainous Yunnan province, killing at least one person and injuring dozens of others.

08 October 2014

6.2 magnitude earthquake shakes Alaska: USGS A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Alaska and was felt in the state capital Anchorage, the US Geological Survey and social media reported.

26 September 2014

Devastating earthquake in Kazakhstan both distant and imminent: Cambridge Professor Almaty city in southern Kazakhstan should study active seismic faults to be better prepared for a new devastating earthquake that is "more likely to happen than not".

09 September 2014

Major 7.0-magnitude quake strikes Peru: USGS A major 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocked Peru Sunday, US experts said.

25 August 2014

California wine country hit by strong 6.0-magnitude quake A 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocked California's scenic Napa Valley wine country, the strongest to hit the region in a quarter of a century.

25 August 2014

Strong earthquake shakes western Iran: US monitors A strong 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck western Iran on Monday, the US Geological survey which monitors quakes worldwide reported.

18 August 2014

5.2 earthquake in Almaty, Kazakhstan Almaty is located near relatively young mountains in a seismologically active zone, but earthquakes of such magnitude are extremally rare.

16 August 2014

Chinese media keep to Beijing's script for quake reports The 150-odd corpses left at the entrance to Longtoushan encapsulated the scale of the disaster it had wreaked on the community in Yunnan.

11 August 2014

No Kazakhstanis among those killed in China's earthquake There are no Kazakhstan citizens among the victims of the devastating earthquake in China that claimed lives of nearly 600 people.

06 August 2014

Nearly 400 die in China quake A total of 381 people had been killed by the tremor, with 1,801 injured. More than 12,000 houses collapsed and 30,000 were damaged in the quake zone in the southwestern province of Yunnan, China.

04 August 2014

Strong quake hits Mexico, one dead A 6.3-magnitude earthquake rattled Mexico, killing an elderly woman who fell as she fled her home and injuring another woman who evacuated from a hospital.

30 July 2014

Alaska town evacuates after quake tsunami warning Residents in a remote section of the US Aleutian islands rushed to higher ground after an 7.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Alaska triggered a local tsunami warning, an official said.

24 June 2014

Shallow 5.9 magnitude earthquake hits SW China: USGS A shallow earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 hit southwest China on Friday morning, the US Geological Survey said, with Chinese reports saying 29 people had been injured, five of them seriously.

30 May 2014

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