quake casualties
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Magnitude 7.5 hits Drake Passage in S America
TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) – The earthquake struck Drake Passage, a deep and wide waterway that connects the southwestern Atlantic and southeastern Pacific Oceans.
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Magnitude 6.3 earthquake shakes Colombia’s capital Bogota
TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 jolted Colombia at 13:08:07 GMT on Sunday (21:08:07 Beijing Time), the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.
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6.0 quake strikes Indonesia’s Sulawesi, no tsunami threat
TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) – A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Indonesia's Sulawesi region on Saturday, according to the country's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG).
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Magnitude 5 earthquake strikes Iran's Kerman Province
TEHRAN, Mar. 24 (MNA) – An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale jolted Iran's Kerman province on Monday.
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6.2-magnitude quake hits Indonesia's Aceh
TEHRAN, Jan. 31 (MNA) – A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Aceh province in northern Sumatra on Friday evening, shaking buildings and triggering panic among residents still traumatized by the devastating tsunami 20 years ago.
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Magnitude 6.3 earthquake jolts eastern Turkey: report
TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) – Local media in Turkey reported that an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 on the Richter scale shocked eastern region of Turkey.
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Injuries reported after magnitude 6.5 earthquake in Japan
TEHRAN, May 05 (MNA) – A magnitude 6.5 earthquake, jolted Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan on Friday afternoon, leaving several people injured and damages to buildings, local media reported.
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4 dead, hundreds of homes destroyed in Papua New Guinea quake
TEHRAN, Apr. 04 (MNA) – At least four people have been killed and hundreds of houses destroyed in a remote area of northern Papua New Guinea, an official said on Tuesday, a day after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake.
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Magnitude 7 earthquake jolts Solomon Island
TEHRAN, Nov. 22 (MNA) – A powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake jolted the Solomon Islands Tuesday, overturning tables and sending people racing for higher ground.
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5.4 magnitude quake strikes Khoy in northwest Iran
TEHRAN, Oct. 05 (MNA) – As many as 100 people were imjured in a 5.4 magnitude quake that hit Khoy in West Azarbaijan in northwest Iran.
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Earthquake in China's Sichuan kills more than 30
TEHRAN, Sep. 06 (MNA) – A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck China’s Sichuan province on Monday, killing more than 30 people and shaking the provincial capital of Chengdu and more distant provinces.
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Earthquake in China’s Sichuan kills 21 as landslides strike
TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) – A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck China’s Sichuan province, killing at least 21 people and shaking the capital Chengdu.