Sharp quake jolts New Zealand
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New Zealand was jolted by a sharp earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale, continuing a flurry of seismic activity in the lower North Island.
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An earthquake with a preliminary  magnitude of 5.8 jolted the northern Japanese island of  Hokkaido Tuesday but there were no reports of injury or major  damage.
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A strong earthquake with a preliminary  magnitude of 6.0 jolted northern Japan on Wednesday, national  broadcaster NHK said. The quake was also felt in Tokyo.
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A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7 hit the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido Monday, injuring at least one person, but officials lifted a tsunami warning issued after the quake hit at 2:15 pm GMT.
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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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A powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake jolted the Indian Ocean off Indonesia's Sumatra island early on Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties and a brief tsunami alert was lifted.
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The quake that set off the devastating tsunami literally shook the Earth to its core, scientists believe, accelerating its rotation and shortening days by a fraction of a second.
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NAGAOKA, Japan  - A strong earthquake with a  preliminary magnitude of 6.0 jolted northern Japan on  Wednesday, in the same region where a major quake killed at  least 31 people and injured more than 3,400 five days ago.
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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 suspected exploding meteor  plummeted to earth over New Zealand on Tuesday, leaving a long  white trail and causing a sonic boom that rattled windows  across the Pacific nation's South Island.
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NAGAOKA, Japan A powerful earthquake jolted northern Japan on Wednesday in the same region where the country&#39;s deadliest quake in a decade killed at least 31 people and injured more than 3,400 five days ago.
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An earthquake of magnitude 7.3 jolted Alaska's Aleutian Islands in the northern Pacific on Wednesday, Japan's weather agency said, triggering a tsunami advisory for Hawaii.
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Sunday's earthquake in Sumatra had a preliminary magnitude of 9.0, classifying it as a great quake and making it the strongest in 40 years.
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The world&#39;s biggest earthquake in almost four years, measuring 8.1 on the Richter scale, struck off the coast of Australia&#39;s southern island state of Tasmania early on Friday, but caused no damage or injury.
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SEVERAL strong earthquakes shook north-western Japan within a span of minutes last night, toppling homes, causing blackouts, cutting water and gas services, and derailing a bullet train.
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A strong earthquake with a magnitude of   up to 7.0 hit near the South Pacific nation of Samoa on   Thursday, triggering a tsunami, the Pacific Tsunami Warning   Center said.
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The world&#39;s biggest earthquake in almost four years, measuring 8.1 on the Richter scale, struck off the coast of Australia&#39;s southern island state of Tasmania, but caused no damage or injury.