Earthquake News

NOVOKUZNETSK, June 19 A moderate earthquake struck southwest Siberia's Kemerovo Region, one of the country's coal mining heartlands early on Wednesday, local officials said, temporarily bringing underground coal production to a standstill.

A small earthquake hit Peru at 1:40 p.m. local time. The earthquake was located about 15 miles off the coast of Callao, Peru and about 38 miles underground.

There have been no immediate reports of injuries or damage. It was the second moderate quake to hit Peru in a week.

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A 5.6 magnitude earthquake shook buildings in Peru's capital on Tuesday, Peru's geological survey and Reuters witnesses said.

Just 30 miles from the center of Istanbul, the last domino is waiting to fall on the North Anatolian Fault .

The rumors alleging that the Red Cross Society of China demanded heavy fees from workers from Taiwan to enter the quake-hit Sichuan Province in April were denied by Zhao Baige, the society's executive vice president.

Residents of Qinglongchang, a village in Lushan county, Sichuan province, gathered together to bid farewell to Zhang Zhirong on Monday morning at her burial.

An earthquake measured at a magnitude of 3.5 occurred on Tuesday in Lenkaran region of Azerbaijan, the National Seismic Survey Centre reported.

Published in Geology , new research led by Monash University geologists has detected the first evidence that a passive margin in the Atlantic ocean is becoming active.

The Greek holiday island of Crete has been hit by what is described as a "very powerful" earthquake, its second in two days.

June 15th, 2013 After an earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale off the Pacific coast of Nicaragua on Saturday, both Nicaragua and other Central American countries were rocked by several smaller temblors and aftershocks.

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Management of chronic diseases such as hypertension has been identified as a major issue in earthquake-affected rural areas, according to a study published in the latest issue of Emergency Medicine Australasia , the journal of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine.

Three different earthquakes rattled Oklahoma on Father's Day. They each occurred at different times in central Oklahoma.

New Delhi : A slight intensity earthquake hit West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh in the morning today, the Met department said.The quake, measuring 3.7 on the Richter Scale, was recorded at 6:09 am.There were no immediate reports of any casualties or damage.

Father's Day 2013 got off to a shaky start as three earthquakes shook up parts of central Oklahoma, Sunday morning.

A moderate earthquake hit southern Mexico early Sunday, shaking buildings in the capital of Mexico City and sending frightened people into the streets.

Managua, Nicaragua's capital. A 6.5 magnitude earthquake hit off the Nicaraguan coast about 50 miles from the capital on Saturday.

Mexico City has been hit by a series of power outages after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck in the centre of Mexico, with officials saying there was no other damage reported.