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.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted central Nepal today morning. "An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 occurred around Ramche of Sindhupalchok district at 5:19 am," the National Seismological Centre tweeted minutes after the tremors.

An earthquake of 6.2 magnitude struck Russia's Kamchatka peninsula in the far east. According to the United States Geological Survey, the epicentre of the quake was situated at a depth of 329.7 km.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 rocked Nagan Raya District in the westernmost Indonesian province of Aceh early today.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 struck near the coast of Northern Chile.

A 4.1-magnitude earthquake was recorded today in the Marmara Sea off northwestern Turkey.

The Qatar Met department on Wednesday issued a clarification stating that there was "no truth to the rumours circulating regarding an earthquake in Qatar."

Rescue workers raced against time Saturday to find survivors under the rubble after a powerful earthquake claimed 22 lives and left more than 1,200 injured in eastern Turkey.

Puerto Rico's public power utility said on Monday it has restored electricity to almost all the island, nearly a week after the strongest earthquake in more than a century knocked out all power and caused at least $110 million in damage.

Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vazquez declared a state of emergency and activated the National Guard on Tuesday, El Nuevo Dia newspaper reported