Earthquake
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Earthquakes strike Ahel in Fars province in southwest Iran
TEHRAN, May 11 (MNA) – Two earthquakes measured 4.6 and 2.8 magnitude on Richter scale shook Ahel in Fars on Saturday.
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6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesia's Java island
TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) – At least four people were injured after a powerful magnitude 6.5 earthquake jolted the island of Java, Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG) said on Sunday.
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6.9-magnitude quake rocks Japan's Bonin Islands
TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 on Saturday jolted off Japan's Bonin Islands or Ogasawara Islands, the country's weather agency said.
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4.8-magnitude quake jolts Sistan and Baluchestan province
TEHRAN, Apr. 17 (MNA) – A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck Iran's Sistan and Baluchestan province early on Wednesday.
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4.5 magnitude earthquake hits Kerman province
TEHRAN, Apr. 07 (MNA) – An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 struck Iran's Kerman province on Sunday afternoon.
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5.5-magnitude quake hits off east coast of Honshu, Japan
TEHRAN, Apr. 06 (MNA) – A 5.5-magnitude quake hit off the east coast of Honshu in Japan on Saturday.
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Two earthquakes struck Iran-Iraq border
TEHRAN, Apr. 03 (MNA) – Less than 10 minutes apart, 2 earthquakes with magnitudes of 3 and 3.2 occurred in the border region.
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Taiwan hit by strongest quake in 25 years
TEHRAN, Apr. 03 (MNA) – A 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked Taiwan on Wednesday, the strongest tremor to hit the island in at least 25 years, killing four people and injuring dozens.
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5.6-magnitude quake jolts Sistan and Baluchestan prov.
TEHRAN, Mar. 05 (MNA) – A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck Iran's Sistan and Baluchestan province on Tuesday morning.
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6.1 magnitude earthquake jolts Kazakhstan
TEHRAN, Mar. 04 (MNA) – Kazakhstan on Monday was shaken by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake near Almaty, the largest city in the Central Asian country.
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4.8-magnitude earthquake jolts southern Iran
TEHRAN, Feb. 24 (MNA) – A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck Iran's Hormozgan province on Saturday.
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Strong earthquake jolts Afghanistan
TEHRAN, Feb. 18 (MNA) – A strong earthquake struck Afghanistan on Sunday.
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4-magnitude earthqauke shakes Iran's Shahrud
TEHRAN, Feb. 18 (MNA) – A 4-magnitude earthquake shook Shahrud in Iran's Seman province on Sunday.
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Magnitude 5.0 earthquake rocks Russia’s Altay Republic
TEHRAN, Feb. 10 (MNA) – A magnitude 5.0 earthquake occurred in Russia’s Altay Republic, the Russian Academy of Sciences United Geophysical Survey reported on its website.
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5.8-magnitude quake hits Tungao of Philippines
TEHRAN, Feb. 10 (MNA) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 was reported in Tungao, Philippines on Saturday.
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5.1-magnitude quake hits near coast of Venezuela
TEHRAN, Feb. 06 (MNA) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 has been registered in the northern Venezuelan state of Sucre, the European Mediterranean Seismological Center reported.
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5.2 magnitude earthquake hits eastern Turkey
TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) – A 5.2 magnitude earthquake jolted Turkey's eastern Malatya province, the country’s disaster management agency said on Thursday.
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Major 7.0 earthquake hits China-Kyrgyzstan border
TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) – A 7.0-magnitude earthquake has struck along the China-Kyrgyzstan border, as authorities warned of potentially widespread damage.
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Japan earthquake death toll rises to 202
TEHRAN, Jan. 10(MNA)– Rescuers have found the bodies of 22 more people killed in the powerful earthquakes that struck Japan in the Noto Peninsula area, which brought the death toll to 202, according to data from the Ishikawa Prefecture’s authorities.
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Japan earthquake death toll up to 180, 120 others missing
TEHRAN, Jan. 09 (MNA) – The death toll from the powerful New Year's Day earthquake that struck Ishikawa Prefecture and surrounding areas in central Japan reached 180 with 120 others unaccounted for, local authorities said Tuesday.
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6.8-magnitude earthquake rocks Indonesia
TEHRAN, Jan. 09 (MNA) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 has been registered in the area of the Talaud Islands in Indonesia, the European Mediterranean Seismological Center reported.
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Magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits southern Philippines
TEHRAN, Jan. 09 (MNA) – An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 rocked Davao Occidental province in the southern Philippines before dawn Tuesday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.
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Japan quake death toll jumps to 161, with 103 still missing
TEHRAN, Jan. 08 (MNA) – The death toll jumped to 161 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa on Monday, one week after a series of earthquakes of up to 7.6 magnitude struck Japan, local media reported.
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Death toll rises to 110 after powerful quakes jolt Japan
TEHRAN, Jan. 06 (MNA) – The death toll has risen to 110 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa after earthquake up to 7.6 magnitude struck the prefecture and its vicinity.
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Japan earthquake death toll rises to 94
TEHRAN, Jan. 06 (MNA) – The death toll has risen to 94, with the number of people unaccounted for exceeding 200 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa on Friday, four days after a series of earthquakes.
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Japan hit by 5.5 magnitude earthquake
TEHRAN, Jan. 02 (MNA) – Another strong aftershock earthquake occurred in the central part of Japan. According to the country's National Meteorological Agency, the magnitude was 5.5.
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Japan earthquake death toll rises to 24
TEHRAN, Jan. 02 (MNA) – The number of victims of a series of earthquakes in Japan has risen to 24.
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Tsunami warning issued as powerful earthquakes shake Japan
TEHRAN, Jan. 01 (MNA) – A series of powerful earthquakes rocked central Japan.
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6.3-Magnitude earthquake strikes Taiwan region
TEHRAN, Dec. 24 (MNA) – An earthquake of magnitude 4.6 struck off Taiwan's sparsely populated eastern coast on Sunday, the island's weather bureau said.
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Iran extends condolences to China over Gansu earthquake
TEHRAN, Dec. 22 (MNA) – Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kan'ani expressed deep condolences to China following the loss of dozens of Chinese citizens in the earthquake that struck the Gansu region.