A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the northern coast of Japan's main Honshu island on Saturday, seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage.The quake hit at 2:48 pm (0548 GMT) in the Pacific some 50 kilometres (31 miles) from Namie ...

An earthquake occurred on Tuesday afternoon with an epicentre some 82 km below the surface in Iranian Balochistan. While there has been no loss of life in Iran, at least 27 injuries were reported. However, in Pakistan’s Balochistan, dozens of villages on the Mashkhail area of Washuk district ...

Lahore/Karachi -  Earthquake jolted social media on Tuesday as thousands of users flooded the facebook and twitter with updates about the quake which felt strongly in the western part of the country. News of quake went viral on social media sites moments after it jolted the country. High ...

Quetta - At least 34 people were killed and hundreds of other wounded in a devastating earthquake that hit different parts of Balochistan on Tuesday destroying as many as 1,500 mud-houses.Mashkhail, an area close to Iran border, was badly hit by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake. Tremors jolted various ...

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has said that the PPP led coalition government is firmly committed to early restoration and rehabilitation of all the victims of October 2005 earthquake.This, he said, during a briefing by the Earthquake Rehabilitation and Regulatory Authority (ERRA) at the Prime ...

A moderate earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted Peshawar and its adjoining areas on Monday morning.According to the details, the earthquake tremors were felt at about 10:20 a.m. in the provincial capital and its adjoining areas including Mardan, Charsadda and Nowshera.The epicenter ...

islamabad : An earthquake of 5.4 magnitude hit northern areas of the country on Saturday morning, according to Pakistan Meteorological Department. The quake was felt at 9:16am. The epicentre was in the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region with a focal depth of 212km. Tremors were felt in Kashmir, ...

ISLAMABAD – Ambassador of Japan Hiroshi Oe and his wife arranged a reception to commemorate the first anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake here on Monday night.Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan, Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo, was the chief guest. Diplomats, ...

LONDON (AFP) - World equities slid and the safe-haven yen steadied in volatile trade Friday after a huge earthquake in major economic power Japan, as dealers tracked a eurozone summit and unrest in the Arab world. A devastating 8.9-magnitude earth quake rocked Japan at 0546 GMT, unleashing a ...

Search operation in most parts of Marriott hotel including its 298 rooms was completed here on Monday. According to rescue workers, there is no possibility of any other dead body in the gutted structure of the Islamabad Hotel. Meanwhile, engineers said only upper part of the hotel was affected by ...

BEIJING (AFP) - Nearly 5,500 children have been left without their parents following the massive China earthquake, either because their parents were killed or cannot be found, state media reported Sunday. Xinhua news agency, citing sources at the national disaster relief headquarters, said at ...

BEIJING (Agencies) - A strong aftershock near the epicentre of China's devastating earthquake triggered landslides that cut off roads and buried vehicles on Friday, state media reported. The aftershock, measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale, shook Lixian county, less than 50km from the epicentre of ...

UNITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced his sorrow for the victims of the earthquake that struck south-western China today, killing thousands of people, and pledged U.N. support in any humanitarian efforts.. "We do not yet know the extent of the tragedy," Mr. Ban ...