EARTHQUAKE

A category 4.8 earthquake struck just outside New York City on Friday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, shaking skyscrapers and sending commuters scurrying for shelter.

Officials said the quake was the strongest to shake the island in decades, and warned of more tremors in the days ahead. Wednesday's magnitude-7.4 quake hit just before 8:00 am local time (0000 GMT), with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) putting the epicenter 18 kilometers (11 miles) south of Taiwan's Hualien City, at a depth of 34.8 kilometers.

A major 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck along the China-Kyrgyzstan border on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey said, warning of potentially widespread damage though no casualties have been reported.

A heavy dumping of snow meanwhile complicated relief efforts a week after the 7.5-magnitude quake, with more than 2,000 people still cut off and many others lacking power or forced to take shelter in crowded emergency sites.

The New Year's Day earthquake demolished wooden buildings all across Japan's Noto Peninsula but thanks to decades-old smart architecture, one small fishing village stood strong.

Turkey on Wednesday opened the first major trial linked to the construction of buildings that crumbled in two massive February 2023 earthquakes that claimed more than 50,000 lives.

Japanese rescuers scrambled to search for survivors Wednesday as authorities warned of landslides and heavy rain after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 55 people.

The 7.5 magnitude quake that rattled Ishikawa prefecture on the main island of Honshu triggered tsunami waves more than a metre high, toppled houses, caused a major fire and tore apart roads.

At least six people died in a major earthquake that struck central Japan on New Year's Day, triggering tsunami waves over a meter high, damaging homes and sparking a major fire that wreaked destruction overnight, authorities said Tuesday.

Rescuers dug through rubble for a second freezing day on Wednesday after overnight temperatures plunged well below zero, with the death toll in China's deadliest earthquake in years rising to 131.

At least 116 people were killed when an earthquake collapsed buildings in northwest China, state media reported Tuesday, as rescue workers raced to start digging through rubble in freezing conditions.

Two tremors of 6.4 and 5.8 magnitude hit Turkey Monday, killing at least three.

"As the earthquake got bigger, the wall fell, the room was shaking, and the building was changing position ... I had fallen one floor down," she recalled.

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif praised the anonymous Pakistani, describing their $30 million donation as a "glorious" act of philanthropy.

Race to identify Turkey quake victims

The newborn baby girl rescued alive from the rubble is the sole survivor after her immediate family got crushed to death during the earthquake.

Tragedy cuts short Turkey trip for Cypriot students

Turkey and Syria were struck with a catastrophic earthquake on Monday.

Simulations conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey revealed that potential earthquakes generated by faults in California could cause massive loss of life.

More than 7,800 people have been killed in Turkey and Syria after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Turkey and Syria on Monday.

At least 20 Islamic State fighters have escaped from a prison in northwestern Syria following Monday's deadly earthquake.