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A magnitude 6.5 earthquake rocked southeastern Taiwan Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The quake hit at 9:41 a.m. EDT and local media had not reported any deaths as of mid-morning ... ( read original story ...)

Weather and natural disaster fans, the wait is almost over. Catastrophe hits Los Angeles again as season six of the FOX series "9-1-1" premieres Monday, September 19 at 8/7c. ( read original story ...)

A Japanese construction company has tested its latest earthquake damper technology for skyscrapers with a device installed in the upper floors of a building model. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s rigorous procedure for restarting nuclear reactors can’t be shortened, according to the nation’s top atomic watchdog, presenting a potential hurdle in the government’s effort to speed the ... ( read original story ...)

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin recently took to Facebook to commend a boy who carried his classmate to evacuate during an earthquake in China. Wang shared the video showing the ... ( read original story ...)

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted 81 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan at 00:51 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, Trend reports citing Xinhua. The epicenter, with a depth of 58.577 km, ... ( read original story ...)

The "Ring of Fire" also runs through Papua New Guinea; therefore, this area is prone to earthquakes due to fault lines. The "ring" is the longest fault-line in the world and measures 40,000 kilometers ... ( read original story ...)

Photos of a firefighter cradling a two-month-old survivor of the recent Sichuan earthquake led to the revelation that the man was also rescued as a child by a firefighter in the 2008 Sichuan ... ( read original story ...)

The likelihood of a powerful earthquake striking over the next 30 years remains high along Pacific coastal areas of Japan in light of a spate of recent aftershocks triggered by the magnitude-9.0 ... ( read original story ...)

The Japan Meteorological Agency said the magnitude-7.4 quake occurred at 11:36 p.m. on March 16, with its focus 57 kilometers deep. The earthquake in northeastern Japan was felt even in Kyushu in ... ( read original story ...)

Shoji Morimoto who charges 10,000 yen ($71.30) per booking to accompany clients and simply exist as a companion, uses a mobile phone while meeting his client Aruna Chida at a cafe in Tokyo, Japan Augu ... ( read original story ...)

The death toll from Monday's 6.6-magnitude earthquake in southwest China climbed to 74 people on Wednesday with another 26 people still missing, officials said. ( read original story ...)

The biggest earthquake to hit Japan since records began 140 years ago struck the northeast coast on Friday, triggering a 10-meter tsunami that swept away everything in its path. Following are ... ( read original story ...)

Some 300 people attended a memorial event to commemorate the Korean residents massacred in the wake of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, held ... ( read original story ...)

Let's get you up to speed with the day's stories. Strong earthquake in China's Sichuan province kills 21 A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck southwestern China on Monday (Se ... ( read original story ...)

The specialist estimates that the next telluric movement could be similar to that of 2012.“With the earthquake rupture process, the fault ruptures. After the event (the fault) it enters a recovery ... ( read original story ...)