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    VIDEO: Magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes off southern Philippines

    29 Oct 2019

    The quake struck 26km (16 miles) northeast of Tulunan, Cotabato at 9:04am (0104 GMT), the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

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    28 Feb 2023

    A magnitude 5.6 earthquake that rocked Turkey once again, killing one person and injuring more than 100 people is indeed sad news (“1 killed, over 100 injured as new quake hits Turkey,” Feb.28, Gulf Today website). Although science has achieved numerous successes in many fields of life, it’s still unable to predict the exact time

    Heartbreak and shock at Afghan quake hospital

    23 Jun 2022

    "It was a horrible situation," recalls Arup Khan, 22, talking of the moments after the quake. "There were cries everywhere. The children and my family were under the mud."

    VIDEO: 1,000 killed, 1,500 injured as powerful quake jolts Afghanistan

    23 Jun 2022

    Houses were reduced to rubble and bodies swathed in blankets lay on the ground after the magnitude 6.1 earthquake, photographs on Afghan media showed.

    UAE stands in solidarity with Afghan people, offers condolences to earthquake victims

    22 Jun 2022

    The UAE expressed its sincere condolences and solidarity with the Afghan people over the victims of the powerful earthquake that struck the Khost and Paktika provinces in southeastern Afghanistan, which resulted in thousands of casualties.

    2,000 homes believed destroyed in Afghan earthquake, says UN

    23 Jun 2022

    "As the UN, our teams do not have specific equipment to take people from under the rubble. This has to rely mostly on the efforts of the de facto authorities, which also have certain limitations in that respect," he said.

    Four killed, 14 injured as quakes hit southwest China

    01 Jun 2022

    A shallow 6.1-magnitude quake hit a sparsely populated area in Sichuan province about 100 kilometres west of provincial capital Chengdu, broadcaster CCTV said.

    Earthquake of magnitude 6.3 strikes west of Port Hardy, Canada

    25 Dec 2019

    There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage from the quake, which was 10 km deep. According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the quake struck 518km west of Vancouver.

    Thousands in Indonesia pray on 15th anniversary of tsunami

    26 Dec 2019

    The massive Dec. 26, 2004, tsunami was triggered by a magnitude 9.1 earthquake off Sumatra island. The giant wall of water killed about 230,000 people in a dozen countries as far away as East Africa. Indonesia's Aceh province, which was closest to the earthquake, was hit first and hardest.

    5.1 magnitude earthquake strikes near Iran nuclear power plant

    27 Dec 2019

    There were no immediate reports of any casualties or damage. The US Geological Survey said the 5.1 magnitude quake struck 44 kilometres from the southwestern city of Borazjan and at a depth of 38 kilometres.

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