Indonesia: Indonesia issued a tsunami warning on Wednesday after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off northern Sumatra, panicking local residents who fled their houses. Indonesia's meterological and geophysics agency, which routinely issues tsunami warnings for quakes over 7 magnitude, said no wave had been detected so far. The quake was 420 km (260 miles) southwest of Banda Aceh, the US Geological Survey said. Local people in Banda Aceh ran away...
01:32 AM, Jan 11, 2012
Jakarta: A strong earthquake hit waters off eastern Indonesia on Monday, sending people along coastlines fleeing to high ground in panic. Officials said, however, there was no threat of a tsunami. The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 and was centered 12 miles beneath the Molucca Sea, the US Geological Survey said. Many people in Ternate, the town in North Maluku province that was closest to the epicenter, ran...
10:42 AM, Nov 14, 2011
New York: An earthquake registering 5.6 shook the Pacific off Honshu, Japan, the US Geological Survey said on Thursday. That is the area of northeast Japan ravaged by a March 11 quake and tsunami that knocked out power at the Fukushima nuclear plant. No immediate damage or casualties were reported from the quake that struck at 6:35 pm GMT on Thursday, the USGS said. No tsunami watch was immediately issued....
02:29 AM, Jul 08, 2011
Wellington: The US Geological Survey says a magnitude 6.1 earthquake has struck near a group of South Pacific islands. There are no reports of damage or risk of tsunami. A statement by the USGS says the quake struck Sunday 12 miles (19 kilometers) under the Kermadec Islands, a New Zealand group with no permanent population that lies 620 miles (1,000 kilometers) east of the city of Auckland. New Zealand has...
08:37 AM, May 22, 2011
Madrid: Two earthquakes struck southeast Spain in quick succession on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people, injuring dozens and causing major damage to buildings, officials said. It was the highest quake-related death toll in Spain in more than 50 years. The epicenter of the quakes - with magnitudes of 4.4 and 5.2 - was close to the town of Lorca, and the second came about two hours after the first,...
07:29 AM, May 12, 2011
Tokyo: A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale struck off northeast Japan early Thursday morning, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued. The undersea quake struck at 5:57 local time at a depth of just 11.2 kilometres, 190 kilometres east of Morioka on Honshu island, it said. On March 11, a massive magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastated northeast region of the country,...
09:57 AM, Apr 14, 2011
Tokyo: An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale on Tuesday hit Japan off the east coast of Honshu, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The quake struck at 12.38 pm (0338 GMT), the US Geological Survey said. The epicentre was at a depth of 11.40 km, Xinhua reported. A magnitude-9 quake hit northeast Japan March 11, triggering an enormous tsunami. More than 8,900 people have...
10:54 AM, Mar 22, 2011
Tokyo: There are chances of more tsunami following a huge quake which struck off the north coast of Japan, a Japanese government agency said. The US Geological Survey upgraded the magnitude of the quake to 8.9. ...
12:50 PM, Mar 11, 2011
New York: A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia and East Timor early on Friday morning, the US Geological Survey reported. No tsunami alert was issued. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The 1:08 am on Friday quake was offshore but shallow, just 6/10 mile (1 kilometer) deep, the USGS said. The USGS said the quake hit some 160 miles (259 kilometers) northeast of Denpasar, in Bali,...
12:11 AM, Mar 11, 2011
New Delhi: A strong earthquake hit along the Indo-Myanmar border on Friday evening. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The US Geological Survey reported a 6.4-magnitude temblor 50 miles (85 kilometres) from the Indian town of Imphal in the far eastern state of Manipur. The region is remote and sparsely populated, more than 250 miles (400 kilometres) from the Myanmar city of Mandalay. The quake struck at...
08:02 PM, Feb 04, 2011
The quake was centred 204 km west-northwest of the coastal town of Sibolga. ...
07:09 AM, Apr 07, 2010
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked several parts of Venezuela. ...
03:52 AM, Sep 13, 2009
6.5-magnitude tremor hits Ternate, capital of Maluku island in northeastern Indonesia. Residents flee building. ...
03:31 PM, Feb 20, 2007
The epicenter of the quake was about 80 miles from the city of Ternate. No tsunami warning was issued. ...
05:58 PM, Jan 21, 2007
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