12 killed in Russian North Caucasus quake Oct 11, 2008 1:29PM

A strong earthquake hit Chechnya and other parts of Russia's North Caucasus Saturday, killing at least 12 people and damaging scores of hospitals, schools and other buildings, emergency officials said. Read more

Rescuers appealed for temporary housing and tents Monday after a weekend earthquake in southwest China killed at least 36 people, injured hundreds and left tens of thousands of homes in ruins. Read more

Chinese rescue teams carrying tents, quilts and sacks of rice rushed to reach survivors of an earthquake that killed at least 32 people, turned tens of thousands of homes into rubble and cracked reservoirs. Read more

A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck China's southwestern Sichuan province Saturday, killing 22 people and injuring more than 100, state media said. Rescue teams were headed to the quake-hit area but heavy rains and the region's rugged terrain hampered their efforts, the official Xinhua News Agency sai... Read more

A magnitude 5 earthquake struck Tibet on Friday near the border with Nepal, close to an area hit earlier in the week by a stronger quake that damaged hundreds of homes. Read more

A strong earthquake has shaken central Peru, causing people to flee buildings in the jungle city of Pucallpa but inflicting no major damage. The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting that Tuesday's quake had a magnitude of 6.3 and its epicenter was 58 miles (93 kilometers) north of Pucallpa, the capit... Read more

A strong earthquake shook central Indonesia on Tuesday, causing tall buildings in the capital to sway and briefly prompting a tsunami alert, authorities and witnesses said. Read more

Indonesia's meteorological agency says a strong undersea earthquake has shaken west Java and has issued a tsunami alert. The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6, struck at a depth of roughly 12 miles in the Sunda Strait, about 155 miles northeast of the capital Jakarta, said Fauzi, a governme... Read more

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake shook China's western region of Tibet Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage after the temblor, which struck Zhongba county, 3,200 kilometers (2,000 miles) west of Beijing, according to the official Xinhua News Agen... Read more

An analysis of recent earthquake activity around New York City has found that many small faults that were believed to be inactive could contribute to a major, disastrous earthquake. Read more