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Strong 6.8 earthquake strikes off Fiji: USGS
The offshore quake hit at 9:28 am Saturday and was centered around 100 kmnortheast of Ndoi Island, Fiji, the USGS said
1 min read25 Sep 2016Powerful 7.1-magnitude quake hits off coast of New Zealand: USGS
The quake hit 105 miles (169 km) northeast of Gisborne, New Zealand and had a depth of 19.1 miles (30 km), the USGS said
1 min read2 Sep 2016Earthquake turns Italy towns to rubble, many feared trapped in debris
The US Geological Survey, which measured the earthquake at 6.2 magnitude, said it struck near the Umbrian city of Norcia
3 min read24 Aug 2016Earthquake hits Myanmar, tremors felt in eastern India
USGS says the earthquake that struck 143 km west of the city of Meiktila in Myanmar was of 6.8 magnitude
1 min read24 Aug 2016At least 63 dead, several missing as Italy earthquake reduces towns to rubble
The hardest-hit towns in Italy were Amatrice and Accumoli though the earthquake was felt beyond the Lazio region into Umbria and Le Marche on the Adriatic coast
2 min read24 Aug 2016India discovers producible natural gas hydrates in Bay of Bengal
USGS scientists described it as the first discovery of its kind in the Indian Ocean that has the potential to be producible
1 min read26 Jul 2016Earthquake measuring 6.1 strikes off eastern Japan: USGS
There was no immediate tsunami warning, or reports of damage or casualties
1 min read20 Apr 2016Second deadly quake hits Japan, ‘race against time’ to find survivors
A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck a southern island on Saturday, killing at least 32 people and injuring about a thousand
4 min read16 Apr 2016Strong earthquake hits Myanmar, tremors felt in northeast
The earthquake was of 6.9 magnitude on the Richter scale and its epicentre was 74km southeast of Mawlaik, in Myanmar, says USGS
1 min read14 Apr 20166.0-magnitude earthquake hits off Indonesia
The earthquake hit at 1445 GMT some 68 miles south of the city of Banjar in West Java, at a depth of 35 kilometres, says USGS
1 min read6 Apr 2016