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And then, just a few days ago, an 7. 8 magnitude earthquake shook China, the tremors reaching as far as Thailand and Vietnam.

At least five people have been killed in a 6. 0 magnitude earthquake that hit the northern parts of Italy on early Sunday.

While light wood frame structure in western developed countries would not or slightly be destroyed even in a larger magnitude earthquake.

The latest troubles came as Japan continued to suffer ripple effects from Friday's massive 9-magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami.

The first is of a supermarket, caught at the moment the 9. 0 magnitude earthquake unleashed its destructive force.

They reported that there was an 8. 5 magnitude earthquake in Sumatra , which triggered the massive tsunami .

The Japan Meteorological Agency reports a 70 percent probability of a 7. 0 magnitude earthquake occurring in the next few days.

The U. S. Geological Survey said the 7. 9 magnitude earthquake hit about 90 miles southeast of Lima at a depth of about 25 miles.

I live in Sichuan province. As you know, a 7. 8 magnitude earthquake hit there and.

The nine point zero magnitude earthquake was the fourth most powerful earthquake ever recorded worldwide.

In many ways, her words sum up the state of Chile's elegant, orderly capital 10 days after it was shaken by the 8. 8-magnitude earthquake.

A 6. 9-magnitude earthquake struck off the southeast coast of Taiwan Monday morning, the United States Geological Survey said.

The 7. 1 magnitude earthquake which struck near the town of Jiegu in northwest China, took a heavy toll on schools.

In the 6. 3 magnitude earthquake 22, the office building where Emma was razed to the ground, she was buried in the rubble.

The 5. 4-magnitude earthquake hit near the border with Myanmar, the U. S. Geological Survey said.

A powerful 7. 1 magnitude earthquake has struck the Pacific state of Papua New Guinea, but no tsunami warnings have been issued.

A 6. 9-magnitude earthquake struck China's Qinghai province Wednesday morning, the U. S. Geological Survey reported.

The 7. 0-magnitude earthquake that devastated Haiti was long predicted by one group of geophysicists. Could the tragedy have been prevented?

Bhaktapur, Nepal: A woman collects bricks outside her house a day after a 6. 8 magnitude earthquake struck.

Also last week, a 7. 7-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia's coast, triggering a tsunami and killing at least 449.

Last week's massive 7. 8-magnitude earthquake pushed the south of New Zealand a little closer to Australia, scientists said Wednesday.

Turkey's prime minister says the 7. 2- magnitude earthquake in eastern Turkey has killed at least 138 people.

A 8. 8 magnitude earthquake hit Japan's northeastern Honshu Island Friday, and a six-meter tsunami warning was issued.

Meanwhile, rescuers have reached some of the remote villages affected by the 7. 0-magnitude earthquake.

It was the latest in a series of aftershocks to strike the area, which is reeling from Saturday's powerful 8. 8-magnitude earthquake.

Two years later, the gracefully suspended bridge withstood a 7. 1 magnitude earthquake without incident.

At least 57 people died in a 6. 0-magnitude earthquake which hit Elazig province in eastern Turkey early Monday, the government said.

A 5. 6 magnitude earthquake struck Oklahoma last Saturday, the second temblor for the American state in two days.

At least 65 people have died after a 6. 3-magnitude earthquake struck Christchurch on New Zealand's South Island.

The 8. 9 magnitude earthquake which occurred on Friday was the strongest in the history of the country.

The deadly wave triggered by a 7. 7 magnitude earthquake killed 450 people; the ranks of those still missing total less than 100.

The massive 9. 0 magnitude earthquake shifted Japan more than two metres away from the neighbouring Korean peninsula, scientists said.

On the 30th, two disasters hit: a massive tsunami flattened entire communities in Samoa, and a 7. 6 magnitude earthquake struck Sumatra.

A 7. 2- magnitude earthquake hit Myanmar last Thursday, killing at least 75 people.

Both the Yutian and Hangu farms are part of the Tangshan City best known for being largely destroyed in 1976 in a 7. 5 magnitude earthquake.

Italy witnessed a 6. 3 magnitude earthquake in 2009 which rattled the central Italian city of L'Aquila killing up to 300 people.

Scientists say the 8. 8 magnitude earthquake that devastated the Chilean city of Concepcion shifted it more than three meters to the west.

The China Earthquake Networks Center says a 4. 6-magnitude earthquake jolted Turpan, in eastern part of Xinjiang, at noon Beijing Time.

China is building a plant in Dalian, across the Bohai Sea from Tangshan, a city that was leveled in 1976 by a 7. 5-magnitude earthquake.

Chinese rescue teams are working to reach survivors of a 6. 1 magnitude earthquake.

Chile was hit by a massive 8. 8-magnitude earthquake early Saturday, AP reported. A tsumani warning has been issued for Chile and Peru.

China declared three days of national mourning in the wake of the 7. 9-magnitude earthquake in Sichuan province.

Last August, Golmud was hit by a 6. 2 magnitude earthquake that destroyed dozens of homes but caused no deaths.

Last week's 8. 9-magnitude earthquake, subsequent tsunamis and continuous aftershocks continue to shake Japan.

Search efforts are continuing in southeastern Turkey for survivors of Sunday's powerful 7. 2 magnitude earthquake.

Rescue crews in Indonesia are racing to try to find survivors from a 6. 3 magnitude earthquake.

Rescue workers searched for survivors through debris in Christchurch, New Zealand, after a 6. 3-magnitude earthquake.

The epicenter of Monday's 7. 8-magnitude earthquake was in Sichuan, about 57 miles northwest of the provincial capital of Chengdu.

A massive 8. 8 - magnitude earthquake setting off a tsunami , struck juan fernandes islands of southern Chile .

Christchurch 22 Richter 6. 3 magnitude earthquake has killed at least 75 people were killed and 300 missing.

A massive, 7. 0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti near the capital of Port-au-Prince on Tuesday, January 12th.

Yesterday's 8. 9 magnitude earthquake was the fifth strongest since 1900.

The 9. 0 magnitude earthquake, hundreds of aftershocks and ensuing tsunami were historic.

The earthquake was preceded by foreshocks, including a 7. 2 magnitude earthquake that occurred two days earlier, about 25 miles away.

An 8. 8-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile early Saturdaytriggering a tsunami that hit coastal communities.

Rescue teams have reached the epicenter of China's massive 7. 9 magnitude earthquake.

Theworld was still reeling from the tragedy in Haiti when news broke of an8. 8-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Chile.

The 6. 4 magnitude earthquake struck northeast of Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan.

The walls of a hotel in Vina del Mar are seen destroyed after a huge 8. 8-magnitude earthquake rocked Chile on February 27, 2010.

The death toll from a 7. 1-magnitude earthquake in northwest China's Qinghai Province has risen to 1706, rescuers said Friday.

AlsoFriday, a 5. 6-magnitude earthquake rattled western Guatemala, knocking out power in several cities.

Last December, a 6. 4-magnitude earthquake hit 65 miles east-southeast of Taitung, but no damage or fatalities were reported.

A total of 213 aftershocks were recorded into early hours of Monday in the wake of the 7. 2-magnitude earthquake.

The 40-year-old plant was designed to withstand an 8. 2 magnitude earthquake. All new reactors are designed to withstand nine.

Yesterday, a 7. 1 magnitude earthquake struck the same area of Japan ravaged in March.

A man walks past a body lying on a street in Port-au-Prince, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010, the day after a 7. 0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti.

The massive 9. 0-magnitude earthquake struck the north-eastern coast of Japan on 11 March, triggering a tsunami.

The 6. 3-magnitude earthquake in central Italy killed about 300 people and left tens of thousands homeless.

5-magnitude earthquake jolting Dali Wednesday morning has affected 123, 000 people.

193 people are confirmed dead in Saturday's 7-magnitude earthquake, with 25 others listed as missing.

Also, a 3-magnitude earthquake hit Urumqi, the regional capital, this morning and one 3. 2-magnitude quake jolted Changji city, near Urumqi.

Survivors say they fled 15-foot waves after an 8. 0 magnitude earthquake hit the region.

eg: A 5. 3-magnitude earthquake hit SW China yesterday.

On 11 March, a 5. 4-magnitude earthquake struck just north of the area, 225km (140 miles) southwest of Dali in Yunnan, southern China.

The search is on for survivors of Italy's devastating 6. 2-magnitude earthquake.

A 5. 6-magnitude earthquake hitted south central Mexico today.

Even in Japan's turbulent seismic history, the 8. 9-magnitude earthquake that struck Friday was one for the record books.

A 6. 9-magnitude earthquake hit the region two days before, killing 67 people in India, Nepal, and Tibet.

Heavy rain continues to fall in the area after a 7. 9-magnitude earthquake killed about 10, 000 people.

At 4. 28pm on Wednesday, a 4. 5 magnitude earthquake was felt in Melbourne and eastern Victoria, 12 days after a similar tremor.

In 1999, a 7. 4-magnitude earthquake struck Izmit, just 60 miles from Istanbul.

At 13: 46, March 11 on Beijing Time, Richter 8. 8 magnitude earthquake convulsed Japan significantly.

A 4. 8-magnitude earthquake struck Yuncheng, Shanxi, Sunday at 10: 36 am.

The 7. 9 magnitude earthquake hit Wenchuan County in the southwest province of Sichuan at 2. 28pm on 12 May.

In Sichuan alone, a total of 31, 978 people were killed since Monday's deadly 8. 0-magnitude earthquake, with 209, 905 others injured.

A 7. 8-magnitude earthquake shook Sichuan Province in China on Monday.

At 3: 42 a. m. on July 28, 1976, a 7. 8 magnitude earthquake struck the northern Chinese industrial city of Tangshan.

A city in Chile moved 10 feet in the massive 8. 8 magnitude earthquake Feb.

About 45, 000-50, 000 people have died since Tuesday's 7. 0 magnitude earthquake and 300, 000 have been made homeless, the UN estimates.

WHO is being updated continually on the latest health issues in the wake of the 7. 8 magnitude earthquake.

On December 10, 1988, a 6. 8-magnitude earthquake struck, killing 25, 000 people and leaving 500, 000 homeless.

An 8. 8 magnitude earthquake struck central Chile early Saturday,