Large earthquake hits off Sumatra

An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 has struck off the west coast of Indonesia’s Northern Sumatra, the US Geological Survey reports, but there are no immediate reports of casualties.

4.2-magnitude earthquake hits Wellington

A 4.2 earthquake has hit the New Zealand city of Wellington this morning.

Rattled Turkey hit by 5.7 earthquake

An earthquake with a preliminary 5.7 magnitude has caused some buildings to collapse in the eastern part Turkey.

Earthquake rocks Turkey, hundreds feared dead

An earthquake of 7.3 magnitude rocked eastern Turkey Sunday, with a seismological institute estimating up to 1000 people could lie dead under the rubble of dozens of collapsed buildings.

Seabed may give up earthquake secrets

An international research team is to use the deep-sea drilling vessel, Chikyu, to bore into an area where two tectonic plates meet to study the movements of the plates that caused the Japanese...

Japan's tsunami victims learning from an earthquake island's rebuilding mistakes

Martin Fackler On the night of July 12, 1993, the remote island of Okushiri was ripped apart by a huge earthquake and tsunami that now seem an eerie harbinger of the much larger disaster that struck north-eastern...

Powerful earthquake strikes Mexico

A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake has struck southwest Mexico, causing residents in the capital several hundred kilometres away to rush out onto the streets.

Earthquake, tsunami slam Japan

Offshore earthquake measuring 8.9 off the coast of northern Japan triggered a massive tsunami, engulfing coastal areas.

Japan earthquake: Australia attempts to find its missing

Stephanie Gardiner Officials are determined to track down Australians unaccounted for after Japan's earthquake and reunite them with their families.

'We stood in shock as the roar of the earthquake surrounded us'

Mark Russell The first tremor hit as we were catching the lift to the sixth floor of a ski resort in northern Japan.

Tsunami alert after NZ earthquake

Erik Jensen The east coast of Australia was put on tsunami alert last night after a powerful undersea earthquake struck off the coast of New Zealand.

Small earthquake shakes north Queensland

Cameron Atfield Far north Queensland residents have been shaken by a magnitude 4.0 earthquake off the coast, but authorities have been quick to assure residents there is no tsunami threat.

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Earthquake may have damaged reactor before tsunami

A radiation alarm went off at the Fukushima nuclear power plant before the tsunami hit on March 11, suggesting that contrary to earlier assumptions the reactors were damaged by the earthquake that...

Ten dead as earthquake rocks Spain

A magnitude 5.2 quake has killed 10 people in southern Spain, toppling buildings and sending panicked residents fleeing into the streets.

Earthquake rattles north Queensland townships

Darren Cartwright and Chi Tranter A 5.4 magnitude earthquake has shaken far north Queensland with a 5.3 magnitude aftershock hitting quake-devastated Christchurch just minutes later.

Quake hits Solomons, four die

Honiara A major 8.0 magnitude earthquake hits Pacific island, reportedly flattening three villages and killing four people.

Fears for villages after major quake hits near Solomons

Megan Levy A major earthquake registering at magnitude 8 has hit near the Solomon Islands, with at least five people killed.

Powerful quake shakes buildings in Japan

A one-metre-high tsunami has hit Japan's northeast coast, the country's meteorological agency says.

Powerful aftershocks rattle Solomons

A third powerful aftershock has rattled the Solomon Islands as aid agencies struggle to get a clear picture of the devastation five days after a 8.0-magnitude quake triggered a deadly tsunami.