Earthquake

TAIPEI: A 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked Taiwan on Wednesday, the strongest tremor to hit the island in at least 25 years, killing four people, injuring dozens and sparking a tsunami…

BEIJING: A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the Kyrgyzstan-Xinjiang border region on Tuesday with reports of several injuries and collapsed houses, Chinese state media reported. The…

TOKYO: A massive earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 hit central Japan on Monday, triggering a tsunami warning and advisories for residents to evacuate. A tsunami around 1…

BEIJING: A magnitude-6.2 earthquake jolted a remote and mountainous region on the northern edge of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau just before midnight on Monday, killing at least 118 people and…

KABUL: More than 2,400 people were killed in earthquakes in Afghanistan, the Taliban administration said, in the deadliest tremors to rock the quake-prone mountainous country in years.…

Since the Monday earthquakes in Turkey and Syria more than 21,000 people have lost their lives and there are people still stuck under the rubble. The exact number of deaths are still…

PESHAWAR: A moderate earthquake jolted Islamabad and different parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Friday night.. The intensity of the quake was 5.6 magnitude on the Richter scale,…

KARACHI: Earthquake tremors were felt in Karachi — the provincial capital of Sindh — on Wednesday, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD). Tremors were felt in…

At least 20 people were killed and dozens injured when a shallow earthquake hit southwestern Pakistan in the early hours of Thursday, with rescuers trying to reach coal miners reportedly…

ISLAMABAD: A strong earthquake Friday night jolted vast areas of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan, forcing people to rush out of their homes. The earthquake was reported from Rawalpindi,…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan held a telephonic call with President Tayyip Erdogan, during which he conveyed condolences of the Government and people of Pakistan over the loss of…

A strong earthquake struck the Aegean Sea on Friday and was felt in both Greece and Turkey, where some buildings collapsed in the coastal province of Izmir, authorities said. People flooded…

Pakistan is marking the 15th anniversary of the deadly 2005 earthquake that hit Azad Kashmir and parts of northeastern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa killing more than 87, 000 people. At 8:52 am on…

MIRPUR: As many as 23 people were killed and more than 300 were injured on Tuesday when a 5.6 magnitutde earthquake struck the northern cities and villages. The earthquake, according to…