The tremors were felt in Pakistan, Afghanistan and parts of India, says witnesses
Eighteen people were found dead by the late afternoon
Terrified locals ran into the streets after the shallow quake, which hit the island of Mindanao
Most of the damage happened in villages where old houses collapsed.
'At least 19 people have been killed and more than 300 wounded,' said Sardar Gulfaraz, deputy...
Bangladesh is vulnerable to natural hazards such as earthquake, flooding and tsunamis
JICA is ready to help Bangladesh in making structures and buildings earthquake resilient within...
The Indonesian geophysics agency issued a tsunami warning after the quake of magnitude 7 and hit at a...
The epicentre of the quake was in West Bengal
The shallow 7.3-magnitude quake struck about 165 kilometres south of the town of Ternate in North Maluku...
This comes a day after Southern California was rocked by another powerful earthquake
The shallow quake was followed by dozens of aftershocks
More than 4,000 people were relocated as a large number of structures were damaged or collapsed following...
There was no tsunami threat to Hawaii based on the available data
The magnitude 7.5 tremblor late Tuesday sent residents running from their homes for safety and sparked...
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre put the quake at a strength of 7.7
However, no tsunami warning was issued
There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries in Kathmandu and Tibet
