Moderate Earthquake Jolts KPK

trendpk: A moderate earthquake of 5.1 magnitude jolted Khyber PakhtunKhawa on Sunday.

Tremors were felt in Peshawar in some other areas. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

The quake struck at 08:30 am. The epicentre of the earthquake was Hindu Kush region.

Quake jolts northwest Pakistan

PESHAWAR: A moderate earthquake of 5.0 magnitude jolted northwest Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan on Thursday but there were no immediate reports of casualties, an official said.

The quake struck at 2:27 pm (0927 GMT) with its epicentre in the Hindu Kush mountain range, meteorological department chief Arif Mehmood told AFP.

Tremors were felt in several cities in northwestern province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and its capital Peshawar, he said.

Pakistan was hit by a 7.6-magnitude earthquake on October 8, 2005 that killed more than 73,000 people and left about 3.5 million homeless, mainly in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir and parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Magnitude 7.2 quake hits off Indonesia

WASHINGTON: A magnitude 7.2 quake struck off Indonesia, just one minute after a strong 6.6 tremor hit a few miles north, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on Wednesday.

The USGS said the second quake, which hit at 2:11 a.m. on Thursday (1711 GMT on Wednesday), was only 7.6 miles (12.3 km) deep and centered 68 miles (109 km) northwest of Dobo, in the Aru Islands, very close to the first quake.

It was not immediately known whether the quake caused any damage or casualties.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the quakes did not trigger an ocean-wide tsunami warning but could cause local tsunamis that could be destructive along the coasts located within a few hundred miles (km) of the epicenter.

Indonesia sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire” and is prone to earthquakes. AGENCIES

6.0-magnitude quake hits Indonesia

JAKARTA: A 6.0-magnitude quake hit Indonesia”s North Sumatra province Saturday, the local Meteorological and Geophysics agency said, but there were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami alert.

The quake struck at a depth of 10 kilometres (six miles), 18 kilometres northwest of Panyabungan at 9:11 am (0211 GMT), according to the agency.

Indonesia sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire”, where the meeting of continental plates causes high volcanic and seismic activity.

Quakes kill three in Indonesia

MANOKWARI: Three people were killed and hundreds of homes damaged Wednesday when a series of strong earthquakes hit eastern Indonesia, triggering a tsunami warning and widespread panic.

Two victims were crushed when their homes collapsed on Yapen island, close to the epicenter of the most powerful 7.1-magnitude quake off the northern coast of Papua province, police said.

The quake struck off the southeast coast of Yapen at 12:16 pm (0316 GMT), officials said. It was the second of a series of strong quakes felt across a vast but sparsely populated area including Biak island. Another person was killed when a 5.3-magnitude quake rattled West Sulawesi province, the local news agency reported.

Moderate quake hits Indonesia

JAKARTA: A moderate 5.9-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia”s West Nusa Tenggara province Saturday, the local meteorological and geophysics agency said, but no tsunami alert was issued.

The quake struck at a depth of 10 kilometres (six miles), 68 kilometres northwest of Raba at 10:22 am (0322 GMT), according to the agency.

There were no immediate reports of damage.

Indonesia sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire”, where the meeting of continental plates causes high volcanic and seismic activity.

Earthquake Hits Malawi, killing 3, Injuring 300

BLANTYRE, Malawi: A strong earthquake has hit Malawi, and a government official says at least 3 people have been killed and nearly 300 injured.

The 6.0-magnitude quake struck the southeast African country at 1:19 a.m. Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Gasten Macheka, the commissioner of Karonga district, says it destroyed several buildings there, including schools. He says a dormitory at one government school fell on sleeping students, injuring scores of them.

Macheka says at least 270,000 people have been urged to leave their homes for their safety.

The Karonga district in northern Malawi has been hit by a series of earthquakes and aftershocks since the beginning of December.

Parts of Malawi that lie in the Great Rift Valley are prone to quakes.

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