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Over 21,000 dead from quake in Turkey and Syria

Feb 10, 2023 - 4:54 am EST @theindpanorama 0

ISTANBUL (TIP): More than 21,000 people have died in Turkey and Syria after earthquakes swept through the region Monday. Rescue workers are now racing against time to pull survivors from the rubble of collapsed buildings […]

6.5 quake hits China’s Xinjiang region, one dead

Nov 26, 2016 - 12:51 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

BEIJING (TIP): A powerful 6.5-magnitude quake rocked a mountainous area of far western China Nov 25 night, with one person killed when a house collapsed in a region often plagued with seismic activity. The tremor […]

Strong 6.0-magnitude quake hits off Japan coast; no tsunami

Apr 1, 2016 - 6:16 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

TOKYO (TIP): A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan‘s southwest coast today, the US Geological Survey said, but local authorities said there was no danger of a tsunami. The quake hit at 11:39 am (0239 […]

United States

South Texas, Dallas area have minor earthquakes

Sep 12, 2014 - 8:48 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

DALLAS (TIP): Minor earthquakes have been recorded in the Dallas area and hundreds of miles away in South Texas but officials had no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The U.S. Geological Survey says a […]

Earthquake of 6.9 magnitude strikes western China

Feb 14, 2014 - 7:13 am EST @theindpanorama 0

BEIJING (TIP): A strong and shallow 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck China‘s far western region of Xinjiang on February 12, but in a sparsely populated area, the US Geological Survey said. The tremor was only 12.5 kilometres […]

7 dead, 45 injured in earthquake near Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant

Nov 29, 2013 - 5:16 am EST @theindpanorama 0

TEHRAN (TIP): A powerful earthquake has hit Iran, killing seven and injuring a further 45, IRNA state news agency reported. The disaster’s epicenter was in an area 62km north east of Bushehr, according to the […]

Europe

Seven killed, dozens hurt in Afghanistan earthquake

Apr 26, 2013 - 8:16 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

JALALABAD (TIP): Seven people were killed, dozens injured and many homes destroyed when a powerful earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, officials said. The quake, measured at a magnitude of 5.6 by the US Geological […]

Five Dead As 8.0 Quake Off Solomons Sparks Pacific Tsunami

Feb 8, 2013 - 6:21 am EST @theindpanorama 0

HONIARA (TIP): A major 8.0magnitude earthquake jolted theSolomon Islands on feb 6 with smalltsunami waves buffeting Pacificcoastlines, leaving at least five peopledead and dozens of homes damagedor destroyed.A quake-generated wave of justunder one metre (three […]

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