Strong 6.8 earthquake hits Colombia west coast
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A strong 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit near the west coast of Colombia on Sunday night, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but local authorities said there were no immediate reports of serious damage.
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AN earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter Scale hit western Japan this morning, just hours after another strong quake rocked the area.
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A strong earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale struck off the south Pacific island of Vanuatu, but no tsunamis or damage were reported, Australian seismologists said.
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PARKFIELD - A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 struck Tuesday along the San Andreas fault in a place known as California&#39;s earthquake capital.
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CULIACAN, Mexico  - A strong earthquake hit Mexico's Gulf of California on Saturday, but there were no immediate reports of damage.
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An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 hit central Chile on Thursday, rocking buildings in the capital Santiago but causing no serious damage to major cities or the country's copper industry.
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A magnitude-6.8 earthquake off New Zealand's east coast rocked much of the country on Thursday, emergency officials said.
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Hundreds of aftershocks have been recorded since a magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit near the Central California town of Parkfield at 10:15 Tuesday.
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An earthquake with a magnitude of at least 4.5 struck off the northwest coast of the Big Island on Thursday in the same area where two stronger temblors struck last month.
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A volcano erupts in southern Colombia, prompting the evacuation of 8,000 residents of a nearby city.
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At least four people were injured, news reports said, but no damage was immediately reported. A quake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale hit western Japan shortly after 7pm (2000 AEST), followed five hours
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Six people were hurt and twohospitals evacuated after a strong earthquake shook a largepart of western Colombia on Monday, the government said.
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A strong earthquake struck western Colombia early Monday, destroying about a dozen homes in a port city west of the capital, but no injuries were reported, officials said.
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There were no immediate reports of injuries or serious damage as a strong earthquake shook Central Calif. on Tuesday. The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.0, the U.S. Geological Survey says.
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Tokyo - A strong earthquake measuring 6.8 on the open-ended Richter scale shook western Japan on Sunday and officials issued tsunami warnings, broadcaster NHK reported.
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An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 shakes western Japan, reportedly making tall buildings sway in Tokyo.
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A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the Japanese coast on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, hours after another quake of similar strength killed at least seven people in Japan and triggered a small leak of radioactive materials from a nuclear plant.