quake-hit areas
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VIDEO: Powerful 7.7- magnitude quake rips through Indonesia
TEHRAN, Aug. 15 (MNA) – Video shows the initial moments of a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake at a university in Indonesia, as intense shaking sent students scrambling for safety.
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China Yunnan activity Level-IV emergency response after quake
TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA) – The Yunnan provincial Earthquake Relief Headquarters has activated a Level-IV emergency response after a 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Mojiang on Tuesday, local authorities said.
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7.1-magnitude quake hits southern Japan (+VIDEO)
TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA) – A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.1 has struck Kumamoto prefecture on Japan's southern main island of Kyushu. The epicenter of the tremors was at a depth of 10 kilometers below the sea surface.
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Venezuela earthquake death toll tops 4,000
TEHRAN, Jul. 11 (MNA) – Some two and a half weeks after twin devastating earthquakes struck Venezuela, the official death toll has passed the 4,000 mark, Parliament President Jorge Rodríguez said on Saturday.
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Venezuela earthquake death toll tops 3,500
TEHRAN, Jul. 07 (MNA) – More than 3,500 people have died after a pair of earthquakes struck Venezuela last week, while nearly 18,000 people remain unhoused.
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Venezuela's death toll from devastating quake rises to 2,645
TEHRAN, Jul. 04 (MNA) – The death toll from the twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24 has risen to 2,645, and 12,666 people were injured, Venezuelan National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez said.
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Death toll from Venezuela quake exceeds 900
TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) – A series of powerful earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5 magnitudes that struck Venezuela have caused the death toll to exceed 900 people, with the damages which are rapidly escalating.
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Efforts intensified in Venezuela as quake death toll hits 235
TEHRAN, Jun. 26 (MNA) – Rescue teams are racing to find survivors trapped beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings after two major, back-to-back earthquakes hit Venezuela.
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5.0 magnitude quake hits central Peru, no damages reported
TEHRAN, Feb. 27 (MNA) – A 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck central Peru on Thursday, according to the National Seismological Center. The earthquake's epicenter was located south of Lima, with a depth of 53 kilometers.
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5.8-magnitude earthquake rocks eastern Afghanistan
TEHRAN, Feb. 20 (MNA) – A strong earthquake rocked eastern Afghanistan on Friday, AFP journalists in the capital Kabul and Nangarhar province said.
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VIDEO: 6.0-magnitude quake hits Jammu & Kashmir
TEHRAN, Jan. 19 (MNA) – Reports of heavy damage to homes, cattle farms, orchards, and farmland after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Shehresubz in the Chipursan Valley of Upper Hunza, Jammu & Kashmir.
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6.4-magnitude earthquake strikes Baculin, Philippines
TEHRAN, Jan. 07 (MNA) – A strong earthquake shook parts of the Philippines' southern islands on Wednesday, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).
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Magnitude 6 earthquake jolts Taiwan: USGS
TEHRAN, Dec. 24 (MNA) – A magnitude 6 earthquake jolted Taiwan on Wednesday, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).
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5.7 magnitude quake strikes Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region
TEHRAN, Dec. 19 (MNA) – A strong 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region early Friday, according to the German Research Center for Geosciences.
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Earthquake of 6.6 magnitude strikes off Indonesia’s Sumatra
TEHRAN, Nov. 27 (MNA) – A powerful earthquake of 6.6 magnitude struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Thursday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
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Magnitude 5.7 quake shakes Bangladesh
TEHRAN, Nov. 21 (MNA) – A moderate 5.7-magnitude earthquake shook Bangladesh on Friday, the country’s meteorological department said.
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5.3 earthquake strikes Cyprus
TEHRAN, Nov. 12 (MNA) – The earthquake that hit Cyprus at 11.30am, registered 5.3 on the Richter scale, director of the geological survey department Christodoulos Hadjigeorgiou said on Wednesday.
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22 injured and buildings collapse as earthquake hits Turkey
TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) – A strong earthquake struck western Turkey on Monday, causing at least three buildings, already damaged by a previous tremor, to collapse, officials said.
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Magnitude 5.8 earthquake hits Russia
TEHRAN, Oct. 11 (MNA) – An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 jolted Russia on Saturday.
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Death toll from Philippine quake rises to 72
TEHRAN, Oct. 02 (MNA) – The death toll from a magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck off the central Philippines late on Tuesday has risen to 72, the civil defence agency said.
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Venezuela stages civil defense exercise
TEHRAN, Sep. 28 (MNA) – National civil defense exercises were successfully held across the whole territory of Venezuela.
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5.4-magnitude earthquake hits Turkey
TEHRAN, Sep. 28 (MNA) – A5.4-magnitude earthquake struck western Türkiye on Sunday, shaking Istanbul and nearby cities including Izmir and Bursa, Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate (AFAD)said.
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Magnitude 7.8 quake jolts Russia’s Far East region
TEHRAN, Sep. 19 (MNA) – A magnitude 7.8 earthquake has struck the Kamchatka region in Russia’s Far East in what the US Geological Survey has called an “aftershock” from a massive earlier quake in July.