China quake displaces more than 8,000
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Chinese authorities relocated 8,250 people after a strong earthquake damaged and destroyed thousands of mud brick houses in the far western Xinjiang region, state media said Sunday.
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KASHIWAZAKI, Japan  - More than 10,000 people huddled in evacuation centers in northwest Japan on Tuesday after an earthquake flattened homes, killing nine people, injuring more than 900 and triggering a leak of contaminated water from a nuclear plant.
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MORE than 11,800 people have been killed and tens of thousands left homeless after a massive undersea earthquake triggered giant tsunami waves across Asia.
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The number of dead as a result of the 9.0 earthquake that occurred off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, 40 kilometers under the Indian Ocean, has reached 30,000.
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KASHIWAZAKI, Japan  - More than 12,000 people huddled in evacuation centers in northwest Japan on Tuesday after an earthquake flattened homes, killing nine elderly people, injuring around 1,000 and triggering a leak of contaminated water from a nuclear plant.
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Latest reports indicate that over 7,000 people have died as a result of a devastating earthquake that hit Southeast Asia early this morning.
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BEIJING At least 79 people were dead and 74 others were missing after some of the worst rainstorms in recent years triggered landslides and flash floods in southwest China, disaster relief officials said on Monday.
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A massive 8.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia&#39;s Sumatra island on Wednesday, toppling buildings and triggering a tsunami alert across the Indian Ocean region.
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A SERIES of powerful earthquakes in central Japan, including an initial tremor measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale, have left 20 people dead or missing and injured 1000 others, officials and news reports said.
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Rescuers scoured waterlogged coasts across Asia today after an earthquake of epic power struck below the Indian Ocean and sent huge walls of water crashing onto beaches in eight countries, killing more than 13,344 people and leaving millions homeless.
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An earthquake of epic power struck deep beneath the Indian Ocean on Sunday, unleashing 20-foot tidal waves that came crashing down on beaches in eight Asian countries across thousands of miles, smashing seaside resorts and villages and leaving more than 11,350 dead in their wake.
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ONE person is dead, another missing, and 23 injured after a series of earthquakes in southwestern China&#39;s Yunnan province, state media and officials have reported.
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A strong earthquake shook southwest China's Yunnan province early Sunday, killing at least two and injuring hundreds, state media reported.
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A magnitude-5.4 earthquake shook northwestern China early Tuesday, but there were no deaths or damage in the remote, thinly populated area, the government said.
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At least 18 people are believed dead and more than 14 hundred injured from an unprecedented series of powerful earthquakes in northern Japan.
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Floods and typhoons in China this year  have killed at least 800 people and caused billions of dollars  in economic losses, state media and government officials said  Wednesday.
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A strong earthquake measuring about 7.1 on the Richter shook northern Japan Monday, triggering a small tsunami wave. At least eight people were injured in Japan &#39;s northern island of Hokkaido .