A 6.4-magnitude quake hit Mindanao in the south of the Philippines on October 16.

 Two people were killed and dozens injured by the magnitude 7.8 quake - two nearly simultaneous tremors that ruptured faultlines across the top of the ruggedly beautiful South Island.

 The death toll from a devastating earthquake in central Italy climbed to 250 on Thursday as rescue teams scoured mounds of rubble for a second day in towns and villages flattened by the natural disaster.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Scientists from the Geophysics Institute, an arm of the Vietnam Science & Technology Academy, have reassured the public that the recent earthquakes in Bac Tra My district of Quang Nam province were ‘anticipated’.

 Rescuers in Ecuador were losing hope on Tuesday of finding more survivors from an earthquake that killed nearly 500 people and dealt a shattering blow to the South American OPEC country's already fragile economy.

Flash floods, landslides cause over VND3 trillion losses; 1,328 Vietnamese labourers safely evacuated from Libya; Northern Son La province hit by 4-Richter quake; Typhoon wreaks havoc in Dien Bien; Hai Phong police seize tonne of ivory

 A 4-Richter quake shook Muong La district in the northwestern mountainous province of Son La in the early morning of August 20, becoming the sixth hitting the locality so far this year.

 The 5.3-magnitude quake that hit southwest China's Yunnan Province on Saturday morning has affected 71,200 residents, injuring 32 people, local authorities said Sunday.

 Greek authorities were put on alert on Saturday for the next two days after a 6.2-degree earthquake on the Richter scale jolted the southern Aegean Sea island of Crete.