7.3-magnitude quake strikes Indonesia, tsunami warning lifted

A magnitude-7.3 earthquake struck west of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island on Tuesday, Indonesia’s geophysics agency BMKG said, triggering a tsunami warning for around two hours

3 Munshiganj upazilas without power for over 4 hours

People of three upazilas of Munshiganj, including Sadar, was without power for four-and-a-half hours after a storm damaged a substation of the district.

Strong quake has people fleeing homes in Afghanistan, Pakistan

The USGS said the quake was centred near Jurm in northeastern Afghanistan and had a depth of 187 kilometers (116 miles)

Turkey-Syria quake death toll passes 50,000

More than 160,000 buildings containing 520,000 apartments collapsed or were severely damaged in the Feb. 6 earthquakes that killed tens of thousands in Turkey and neighbouring Syria

Strong quake hits eastern Tajikistan

The quake struck around 5:37 am local time (0037 GMT) at a depth of about 20.5 kilometres (12.7 miles)

3 rescued from Turkey rubble as quake death toll passes 45,000

While many international rescue teams have left the vast quake zone, survivors were still emerging from under a multitude of flattened homes, defying all the odds

At least 4 dead, thousands evacuated in Malaysia floods

Nearly 41,000 people from six states -- but mostly from Johor -- have been evacuated to schools and community centres where food, water and clothes were provided

Earthquake caused direct damage of $5.1 billion in Syria: World Bank

The earthquake that struck on February 6 hit Turkey and Syria, devastating scores of cities and killing more than 50,000 people in both countries.

New Turkey quake: 1 killed, 69 injured

An earthquake shook southeast Turkey today, killing one person, injuring 69 and causing some buildings to collapse, Turkish authorities said..It hit three weeks after a massive quake that killed more than 50,000 people in Turkey and Syria..Yunus Sezer, head of Turkey's Disaster and E

Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes Sulawesi, Indonesia

An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck Sulawesi, Indonesia on Monday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said

Magnitude 6.2 quake strikes Papua New Guinea

The quake had a depth of 38 kilometres (23 miles), the USGS said, and was recorded in the sparsely populated West New Britain archipelago region on Sunday morning.

Mild tremor jolts Cox’s Bazar

A light tremor, measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale, jolted Cox’s Bazar and its adjoining areas today.

6.1 magnitude quake rocks central Philippines

A 6.1 magnitude earthquake rocked the central Philippines on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said, though there were no reports of casualties or significant damage.

Erdogan vows to rebuild, rescue work winds down

Damage assessment of buildings, of which tens of thousands were destroyed, will be completed in a week and reconstruction will begin within months, he said.

9 survivors pulled from rubble as Turkey quake death toll tops 41,000

Nine survivors were rescued from the rubble in Turkey on Tuesday, more than a week after a massive earthquake struck, as the focus of the aid effort shifted to helping people now struggling without shelter or enough food in the bitter cold

Three dead in New Zealand cyclone

Authorities on Wednesday confirmed three deaths after Cyclone Gabrielle cut a trail of destruction across northern New Zealand, with helicopters plucking hundreds from their roofs as floods surged overnight