6.8 quake rattles New Zealand
7419
A magnitude-6.8 earthquake off New Zealand's east coast rocked much of the country on Thursday, emergency officials said.
495415
Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)  Hong Kong, 28 June Xinhua: An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale shook Solomon Sea on Thursday morning [28 April], according to a bulletin released by the Hong Kong Observatory.
481677
Japan&#39;s central and western regions were shaken by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake, following two strong temblors that hit the area on Sunday.
109441
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude 5.8 jolted northern Japan on Monday, public broadcaster NHK said. The quake, at 11:16 a.m. (9:16 p.m. EST), was also felt in Tokyo.
653214
The quake, which struck shortly after 7pm (11am Irish Time), had a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 and was centred six miles beneath the ocean floor and 70 miles off the coast of the Kii peninsula.
601642
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake jolted New Zealand's capital early Friday, setting off security alarms and frightening many residents, officials said.
668006
Earthquakes shook northern Japan overnight and into this morning, including a temblor with a magnitude of 5.8 on the island of Hokkaido at 11:03 pm yesterday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
79610
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 shook northern Japan on Saturday, rocking buildings hundreds of miles away.
498304
Japan issued a tsunami warning Wednesday after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off its eastern coast. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
434713
An earthquake measured 8.1 on the Richter Scale, the world&#39;s biggest in almost four years, was registered near Macquarie Island of Australia early Friday morning.
581520
Residents feel buildings shake as a an earthquake of magnitude 6.6 is felt Japanese capital, Tokyo.
263556
A moderately strong earthquake of 6.7 magnitude shook Chile's mineral-rich northern region early on Sunday, setting off rock slides and cutting power but causing no injuries.
341269
A strong earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale jolted eastern Japan including Tokyo on Wednesday evening, but there was no danger of tsunami tidal waves, the Metereorological Agency said.
706664
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.
202323
A strong earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale and a series of aftershocks hit Japan's capital Tokyo and its surrounding areas killing at least two people, officials and press reports said.
619509
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.
206771
An earthquake of 6.5 magnitude rattled Taiwan's capital Taipei early on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey and witnesses said.