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December 7, 2025 3:56 PM
An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 struck Greece on Saturday but there were no immediate reports of any damage. The quake was at a depth of 12.4 kilometers (7.71 miles) and was in Peloponnese, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) measured the quake initially at 6.36 magnitude. (Reuters)...
October 7, 2025 10:48 PM
An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck near Papua New Guinea's second largest city Lae on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, terrifying mourners in a stadium but with no damage immediately reported. The epicentre was 26 km (16 miles) from Lae, which has a population of over 76,000, according to the USGS. It was also felt in the capital Port Moresby, social media showed. A Papua New Guinea government official, Malum Nalu, said the "very violent" earthquake struck around 9 p.m. when he was...
August 11, 2025 10:23 AM
One person was killed on Sunday when an earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck northwestern Turkey's Balikesir province, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said, adding 29 people were wounded and 16 buildings collapsed. The quake, which Turkey's AFAD disaster management authority said occurred at around 7:53 p.m., was felt in multiple provinces, including the country's biggest city, Istanbul. Yerlikaya said an 81-year-old person died after being rescued from rubble by emergency teams. He said search...
July 10, 2025 9:51 AM
Strong tremors from an earthquake were felt across Delhi-NCR on Thursday, causing panic among residents in the National Capital, Noida, Gurugram, Faridabad, and other nearby areas. According to the National Centre for Seismology, the earthquake was measured to be of 4.4 magnitude on the Richter scale. The epicentre of the earthquake was in Jhajjar, Haryana at a depth of 10 kilometres. The tremors were felt around 9.04 a.m. The strong tremors sparked panic as people rushed outside their offices...
July 3, 2025 1:45 PM
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 hit a remote island in southwestern Japan on Thursday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The earthquake's epicentre was off the coast of the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima prefecture nearly 1,200 kilometres (745 miles) from Tokyo, the agency said, adding that a tsunami warning had not been issued. The quake hit at a depth of 20 km (12 miles), giving it a seismic intensity of '6 lower' on Japan's 1-7 scale on Akuseki Island, the agency sai...
