The second shipment of emergency aid provided by the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) arrived Wednesday in Afghanistan on board a Qatari Armed Forces plane to support earthquake-hit Afghan people in the provinces of Khost and Paktika

A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia on Tuesday triggering a tsunami warning and sending residents fleeing from their homes but causing only minor damage and injuring one person, authorities said.

A strong earthquake struck northeastern Taiwan on Sunday, with residents reporting violent shaking in the capital Taipei but there were no immediate reports of widespread damage.

A powerful earthquake that struck Indonesia's Sulawesi island last week has killed at least 84 people and displaced more than 30,000, according to search and rescue agency (Basarnas) data on Monday.

Rescuers scrambled to find buried survivors Saturday after a powerful earthquake on Indonesia's Sulawesi island killed dozens, injured hundreds and left more feared trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck central Croatia on Tuesday, killing a child and injuring many people in the town of Petrinja, and also shook several neighbouring countries, officials and residents said.

The death toll in Turkey from Friday's powerful earthquake that jolted the Aegean Izmir's region has risen to 83, the Turkish Environment and Urban Planning Minister Murat Kurum said Monday.

Turkish ambassador Mehmet Mustafa G?ksu has expressed his appreciation and thanks for the support of the government of Qatar and its people with regard to the recent earthquake in Izmir, Turkey.

A powerful earthquake hit Turkey and Greece on Friday, killing at least six people, levelling buildings and creating a sea surge that flooded streets near the Turkish resort city of Izmir.

An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale hit Tuesday morning Charmahal and Bakhriari provinces southwest Iran.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 on the Richter scale jolted Russia's Siberian region of Irkutsk late yesterday.

A 6.1 magnitude earthquake jolted Surigao del Sur province in southern Philippines today morning.