6.8 Earthquake Rattles New Zealand
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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 major earthquake early Friday shook eastern Indonesia&#39;s Alor Island, killing at least six people and injuring 21 others, a spokesman with Indonesia&#39;s Meteorological and Geophysical Agency said.
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A large earthquake measuring 6.2 on the  Richter scale shook Indonesia's eastern Sulawesi island early  on Monday, damaging buildings and panicking residents,  officials and local media reports said.
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Earthquakes measuring 8.0 and 7.9 on Richter scale shake area around Sumatra island.
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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.
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A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.8 shook Romania late Wednesday, the Earth Physics Institute said. Authorities said there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
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A magnitude 5.5 earthquake jolted New Zealand's capital early Friday, setting off security alarms and frightening many residents, officials said.
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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.
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A strong earthquake with a magnitude of  6.8 jolted Tokyo and surrounding areas on Saturday, but there  were no immediate reports of damage or injuries and no tsunami  warning was issued.
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An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 and  several powerful aftershocks rocked northern Japan on Saturday,  killing at least four people and injuring more than 400 while  knocking out power and phone services, media said.
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Australia's southern state of Tasmania  was rocked by the world's largest earthquake in  three-and-a-half years when it struck under the sea half way  between Australia and Antarctica on Friday, seismologists said.
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Aftershocks continued to rattle the eastern New Zealand city of Gisborne Friday after a powerful 6.8 earthquake smashed buildings and left a gaping hole in a street.
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A massive earthquake measuring 8.2 on the Richter scale struck the largely uninhabited area around Macquarie Island in Antarctica, south of New Zealand and Tasmania, French seismological officials said.
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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.
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TOKYO -- Two strong earthquakes, one magnitude 6.9 and the second magnitude 7.3, rattled western Japan within hours of each other last night, injuring 14 people, shaking buildings in Tokyo, and triggering tsunamis.
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A state of emergency was declared Friday for the centre of the eastern New Zealand city of Gisborne after a powerful 6.8 earthquake flattened buildings and left gaping holes in roads.
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A strong earthquake shook New Zealand's South Island on Tuesday but there were no reports of injuries or major damage, officials and witnesses said.